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Comparison of geographic variations in Typhlops vermicularis (Merrem, 1820) (Ophidia: Typhlopidae) from the Iranian plateau with Turkey and Turkmenistan

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Afroosheh, Mohadeseh, Rastegar-Pouyani, Nasrullah, Ghoreishi, Seyed Kamran, Kami, Haji Gholi (2013): Comparison of geographic variations in Typhlops vermicularis (Merrem, 1820) (Ophidia: Typhlopidae) from the Iranian plateau with Turkey and Turkmenistan. Turkish Journal of Zoology 37 (6): 685-692, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1204-30, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1204-30

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