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The " Cobra-preta " of São Tomé Island, Gulf of Guinea, is a new species of Naja Laurenti, 1768 (Squamata: Elapidae)

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Bauer, Aaron M. (2017): The " Cobra-preta " of São Tomé Island, Gulf of Guinea, is a new species of Naja Laurenti, 1768 (Squamata: Elapidae). Zootaxa 4324 (1): 121-141, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.7

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