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Original Articles

Dietary variation and overlap in D’Orbigny’s slider turtles Trachemys dorbigni (Duméril and Bibron 1835) (Testudines: Emydidae)

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Pages 721-728 | Received 17 Jan 2012, Accepted 29 Aug 2013, Published online: 24 Jan 2014

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