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New Ichthyophis species from Indochina (Gymnophiona, Ichthyophiidae): 1. The unstriped forms with descriptions of three new species and the redescriptions of I. acuminatus Taylor, 1960, I. youngorum Taylor, 1960 and I. laosensis Taylor, 1969

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Geissler, Peter, Poyarkov, Nikolay A., Grismer, Lee, Nguyen, Truong Q., An, Hang T., Neang, Thy, Kupfer, Alexander, Ziegler, Thomas, Böhme, Wolfgang, Müller, Hendrik (2015): New Ichthyophis species from Indochina (Gymnophiona, Ichthyophiidae): 1. The unstriped forms with descriptions of three new species and the redescriptions of I. acuminatus Taylor, 1960, I. youngorum Taylor, 1960 and I. laosensis Taylor, 1969. Organisms Diversity & Evolution (New York, N.Y.) 15 (1): 143-174, DOI: 10.1007/s13127-014-0190-6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13127-014-0190-6

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