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Order Testudines: 2013 update
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- 1. Museum of Zoology, Senckenberg Dresden, A. B. Meyer Building, 01109 Dresden, Germany & Titogradská 18, 040 23 Košice, Slovak Republic
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Fritz, Uwe, Havaš, Peter, Z.-Q (2013): Order Testudines: 2013 update. Zootaxa 3703 (1): 12-14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.4
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