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A new species of death adder (Acanthophis: Serpentes: Elapidae) from north-western Australia

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Maddock, Simon T., Ellis, Ryan J., Doughty, Paul, Smith, Lawrence A., Wüster, Wolfgang (2015): A new species of death adder (Acanthophis: Serpentes: Elapidae) from north-western Australia. Zootaxa 4007 (3): 301-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4007.3.1

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