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First record of nest site and egg guarding in the caecilian Ichthyophis bannanicus (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae)

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Bei, Yongjian, Meng, Shaoquan, Li, Guifen, Xie, Wenhai, Li, Jiazhou, Zhang, Libiao (2012): First record of nest site and egg guarding in the caecilian Ichthyophis bannanicus (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae). Journal of Natural History 46 (13-14): 859-865, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.652985, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.652985

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