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Melanism inNatrix natrix andNatrix tessellata(Serpentes: Colubridae) from Montenegro

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  • 1. Montenegrin Ecologist Society, Bulevar Sv. Petra Cetinjskog 73, Podgorica, Montenegro. Corresponding author. E-mail: sladjana87gvozdenovic@yahoo.com
  • 2. Vipersgarden, Katzelsberg 4, 5162 Obertrum,Ӧsterreich. E-mail: office@vipersgarden.at

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Gvozdenović, Slađana, Schweiger, Mario (2014): Melanism inNatrix natrix andNatrix tessellata(Serpentes: Colubridae) from Montenegro. Ecologica Montenegrina 1 (4): 231-233, DOI: 10.37828/em.2014.1.30, URL: https://www.biotaxa.org/em/article/view/em.2014.1.30

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