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Recovering the evolutionary history of Africa's most diverse viper genus: morphological and molecular phylogeny of Bitis (Reptilia: Squamata: Viperidae)

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Wittenberg, Rod D., Jadin, Robert C., Fenwick, Allyson M., Gutberlet, Ronald L. (2015): Recovering the evolutionary history of Africa's most diverse viper genus: morphological and molecular phylogeny of Bitis (Reptilia: Squamata: Viperidae). Organisms Diversity & Evolution (New York, N.Y.) 15 (1): 115-125, DOI: 10.1007/s13127-014-0185-3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13127-014-0185-3

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