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On further specimens of the Spotted Eastern Ghats Skink Sepsophis punctatus Beddome, 1870 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Ananthagiri hills, Northern Eastern Ghats, India

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  • 1. Department of Zoology, Centre for Applied Genetics, Jnana Bharathi Campus, Bangalore University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560056, India & Evolving Phylo Lab, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560012, India
  • 2. Department of Zoology, Centre for Applied Genetics, Jnana Bharathi Campus, Bangalore University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560056, India
  • 3. Coffee Board, Araku Valley, Araku, Andhra Pradesh, 531151, India
  • 4. Kālinga Foundation, Guddakere, Agumbe, Shivamogga - 577 411, Karnataka, India.

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Venu, Govindappa, Balakrishna, Gandlahalli N., Mallikarjuna, Nagasandra A., Seetharama, Halemane G., G.Raju, Narayanappa, Ramakrishna, Sompalem, Venkatachalaiah, Govindaiah, Ganesh, S.R. (2024): On further specimens of the Spotted Eastern Ghats Skink Sepsophis punctatus Beddome, 1870 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Ananthagiri hills, Northern Eastern Ghats, India. Zootaxa 5424 (3): 396-400, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5424.3.9, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5424.3.9

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