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A new species of tree snake (Dipsadoboa, Serpentes: Colubridae) from 'sky island' forests in northern Mozambique, with notes on other members of the Dipsadoboa werneri group
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Branch, William R., Bayliss, Julian, Bittencourt-Silva, Gabriela B., Conradie, Werner, Engelbrecht, Hanlie M., Loader, Simon P., Menegon, Michele, Nanvonamuquitxo, Cristóvão, Tolley, Krystal A. (2019): A new species of tree snake (Dipsadoboa, Serpentes: Colubridae) from 'sky island' forests in northern Mozambique, with notes on other members of the Dipsadoboa werneri group. Zootaxa 4646 (3): 541-563, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4646.3.6
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