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Issue: Vol. 5424 No. 3: 14 Mar. 2024
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2024-03-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5424.3.9
Page range: 396-400
Abstract views: 8
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On further specimens of the Spotted Eastern Ghats Skink Sepsophis punctatus Beddome, 1870 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Ananthagiri hills, Northern Eastern Ghats, India

Department of Zoology; Centre for Applied Genetics; Jnana Bharathi Campus; Bangalore University; Bengaluru; Karnataka; 560056; India
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GANDLAHALLI N. BALAKRISHNA

Department of Zoology; Centre for Applied Genetics; Jnana Bharathi Campus; Bangalore University; Bengaluru; Karnataka; 560056; India

Department of Zoology; Centre for Applied Genetics; Jnana Bharathi Campus; Bangalore University; Bengaluru; Karnataka; 560056; India
Evolving Phylo Lab; Centre for Ecological Sciences; Indian Institute of Science; Bengaluru; Karnataka; 560012; India; Coffee Board; Araku Valley; Araku; Andhra Pradesh; 531151; India
Division of Entomology; Central Coffee Research Institute; Coffee Research Station Post; 577 117; Chikmagalur District; Karnataka; India
Department of Biotechnology; Karnataka State Open University; Mukthagangothri; Mysuru; Karnataka; 570006; India
Kālinga Foundation; Guddakere; Agumbe; Shivamogga - 577 411; Karnataka; India
Reptlia Squamata Scincidae India Sepsophis punctatus

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