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Rediscovery of the rare Star Mountains Worm-eating Snake, Toxicocalamus ernstmayri O'Shea et al., 2015 (Serpentes: Elapidae: Hydrophiinae) with the description of its coloration in life

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  • 1. Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Wolverhampton, West Midlands WV1 1LY, UNITED KINGDOM; West Midland Safari Park, Bewdley, Worcestershire DY12 1LF, UNITED KINGDOM, and Australian Venom Research Unit, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, AUSTRALIA
  • 2. Ok Tedi Mining Limited, P.O. Box 1, Tabubil, Western Province 332, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
  • 3. P.O. Box 5623, Townsville, Queensland 4810, AUSTRALIA
  • 4. Herpetology Department, South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, AUSTRALIA
  • 5. Department of Biology, Victor Valley College, 18422 Bear Valley Road, Victorville, California 92395, U.S.A.; and Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013, U.S.A.

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O'Shea, Mark, Herlihy, Brian, Paivu, Blaise, Parker, Fred, Richards, Stephen J., Kaiser, Hinrich (2018): Rediscovery of the rare Star Mountains Worm-eating Snake, Toxicocalamus ernstmayri O'Shea et al., 2015 (Serpentes: Elapidae: Hydrophiinae) with the description of its coloration in life. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e154) 12 (1): 27-34, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11385946

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