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A catalogue and systematic overview of the shield-tailed snakes (Serpentes: Uropeltidae)

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  • 1. Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, 2029 G St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20052 (United States) rpyron@colubroid.org
  • 2. Chennai Snake Park, Rajbhavan Post, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 022 (India)
  • 3. Wildlife Protection and Research Society, Satara, Maharashtra 415 001 (India)
  • 4. Sanjeevni Nagar, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh 482 003 (India)
  • 5. Potter Park, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 (United States)
  • 6. CSIRO Land and Water, Floreat WA 6014 (Australia) Published on 30 December 2016

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Pyron, Robert Alexander, Ganesh, Sumaithangi Rajagopalan, Sayyed, Amit, Sharma, Vivek, Wallach, Van, Somaweera, Ruchira (2016): A catalogue and systematic overview of the shield-tailed snakes (Serpentes: Uropeltidae). Zoosystema 38 (4): 453-506, DOI: 10.5252/z2016n4a2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/z2016n4a2

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