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Revealing the cryptic diversity of the widespread and poorly known South American blind snake genus Amerotyphlops (Typhlopidae: Scolecophidia) through integrative taxonomy
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Graboski, Roberta, Arredondo, Juan C., Grazziotin, Felipe G., Guerra-Fuentes, Ricardo Arturo, Da Silva, Ariane A. A., Prudente, Ana L. C., Pinto, Roberta R., Rodrigues, Miguel T., Bonatto, Sandro L., Zaher, Hussam (2023): Revealing the cryptic diversity of the widespread and poorly known South American blind snake genus Amerotyphlops (Typhlopidae: Scolecophidia) through integrative taxonomy. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197: 719-751, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac059
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