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Hemipenial morphology in the North American snake genus Phyllorhynchus (Serpentes: Colubridae), with a review of and comparisons with natricid hemipenes

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Cadle, John E. (2011): Hemipenial morphology in the North American snake genus Phyllorhynchus (Serpentes: Colubridae), with a review of and comparisons with natricid hemipenes. Zootaxa 3092 (1): 1-25, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3092.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3092.1.1

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