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A global catalog of primary reptile type specimens

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Uetz, Peter, Cherikh, Sami, Shea, Glenn, Ineich, Ivan, Campbell, Patrick D., Doronin, Igor V., Rosado, José, Wynn, Addison, Tighe, Kenneth A., Mcdiarmid, Roy, Lee, Justin L., Köhler, Gunther, Ellis, Ryan, Doughty, Paul, Raxworthy, Christopher J., Scheinberg, Lauren, Resetar, Alan, Sabaj, Mark, Schneider, Greg, Franzen, Michael, Glaw, Frank, Böhme, Wolfgang, Schweiger, Silke, Gemel, Richard, Couper, Patrick, Amey, Andrew, Dondorp, Esther, Ofer, Gali, Meiri, Shai, Wallach, Van (2019): A global catalog of primary reptile type specimens. Zootaxa 4695 (5): 438-450, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4695.5.2

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