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Aspects of natural history in a sand boa, Eryx muelleri (Erycidae) from arid savannahs in Burkina Faso, Togo, and Nigeria (West Africa)

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Vignoli, Leonardo, Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoudé, Eniang, Edem A., Hema, Emmanuel, Petrozzi, Fabio, Akani, Godfrey C., Luiselli, Luca (2015): Aspects of natural history in a sand boa, Eryx muelleri (Erycidae) from arid savannahs in Burkina Faso, Togo, and Nigeria (West Africa). Journal of Natural History 50: 749-758, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2015.1082659, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2015.1082659

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