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A tentative species list of the European herpetofauna (Amphibia and Reptilia) — an update

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Speybroeck, Jeroen, Beukema, Wouter, Crochet, Pierre-André (2010): A tentative species list of the European herpetofauna (Amphibia and Reptilia) — an update. Zootaxa 2492: 1-27, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.195659

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