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Type: Correspondence
Published: 2022-03-29
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Chrysopeleinae Cope, 1893 (Squamata: Colubridae) as the valid name for the family-group currently known as Ahaetuliinae Figueroa, McKelvy, Grismer, Bell & Lailvaux, 2016 (Squamata: Colubridae)

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