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A new genus and species of Dipsadidae (Reptilia: Squamata: Serpentes) from Guangdong and Hunan Provinces in Southern China
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- 1. Guangzhou Meizhi Advertising Co., Ltd. Guangzhou 510700, Guangdong, China
- 2. Administration of Guangdong Nanling National Nature Reserve, Shaoguan 512727, Guangdong, China
- 3. Ho Koon Nature Education cum Astronomical Centre (Sponsored by Sik Sik Yuen), New Territories, Hongkong, China
- 4. Society for Southeast Asian Herpetology, D-69115 Heidelberg, Germany
- 5. Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510260, Guangdong, China
- 6. Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection, Guangxi Normal University, Ministry of Education, Guilin 541006, Guangxi, China & Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541006, Guangxi, China
- 7. Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection, Guangxi Normal University, Ministry of Education, Guilin 541006, Guangxi, China & Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541006, Guangxi, China & College of Life Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541006, Guangxi, China
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Zhang, Hui-Ling Chen Liang, Liu, Guo-Xiong, Liu, Zhi-Fa, Kwok, Chi-Tai, Vogel, Gernot, Wang, Jia-Ying, Wu, Zheng-Jun, Chen, Ze-Ning (2026): A new genus and species of Dipsadidae (Reptilia: Squamata: Serpentes) from Guangdong and Hunan Provinces in Southern China. Zootaxa 5849 (2): 213-226, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5849.2.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5849.2.5
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