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A new species of Caecilia Linnaeus, 1758 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from the Pacific lowlands of Colombia, with comments on the status of C. tenuissima Taylor, 1973

  • 1. Laboratorio de Anfibios, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá D.C., Colombia. jdlynch@unal.edu.co; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6358-1610

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Fernández-Roldán, Juan David, Lynch, John D. (2023): A new species of Caecilia Linnaeus, 1758 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from the Pacific lowlands of Colombia, with comments on the status of C. tenuissima Taylor, 1973. Zootaxa 5270 (2): 194-206, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5270.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5270.2.2

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