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Back from the dead! Resurrection and revalidation of the Indian endemic snake genus Wallophis Werner, 1929 (Squamata: Colubridae) insights from molecular data

Zeeshan A. MirzaNational Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore, India; Correspondence[email protected]
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Harshil PatelDepartment of Biosciences, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat, Gujarat, IndiaView further author information
Pages 331-334 | Received 16 Oct 2016, Accepted 31 Dec 2016, Published online: 27 Jan 2017

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