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Issue: Vol. 5609 No. 3: 21 Mar. 2025
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2025-03-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5609.3.10
Page range: 445-450
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Damonia crassiceps Gray, 1870, a junior synonym of Mauremys nigricans (Gray, 1834) (Testudines: Geoemydidae)

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