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Scale microornamentation of five species of Pareas (Serpentes, Pareidae) from China

  • 1. School of Biological Sciences, Guizhou Education University. Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Department of Natural Science, Guizhou Mountain Academy
  • 2. College of Biological Sciences and Engineering, Xingtai University
  • 3. Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Guo, Yuhong, Wang, Guangli, Rao, Dingqi (2020): Scale microornamentation of five species of Pareas (Serpentes, Pareidae) from China. Zootaxa 4742 (3): 565-572, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4742.3.10

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