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Issue: Vol. 5091 No. 1: 12 Jan. 2022
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2022-01-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5091.1.10
Page range: 197-200
Abstract views: 523
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First record of albinism in the Crowned River Turtle, Hardella thurjii, Gray, 1831 (Reptilia: Testudines, Geoemydidae)

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Turtle Survival Alliance-India, D-1/317 Sector F, Jankipuram, Lucknow-226021, Uttar Pradesh, India
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, Ecological Services Section, 512 SE 25th Ave, Pratt, KS 67301 USA
Turtle Survival Alliance-India, D-1/317 Sector F, Jankipuram, Lucknow-226021, Uttar Pradesh, India
Reptilia

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