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Research Article

Defensive behaviour and tail autotomy in Coleodactylus meridionalis (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae)

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Pages 2209-2218 | Received 17 May 2020, Accepted 16 Oct 2020, Published online: 26 Feb 2021

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