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Issue: Vol. 5543 No. 1: 2 Dec. 2024
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2024-12-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5543.1.10
Page range: 145-150
Abstract views: 221
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A snake genus new to the reptile list of Lebanon: Genetic affiliation and distribution of Letheobia simoni (Boettger, 1879)

Department of Zoology; Comenius University in Bratislava; Ilkovičova 6; Mlynská dolina 842 15 Bratislava; Slovakia
Herping Lebanon; Fanar; Metn; Lebanon
Lebanese University; Dekwaneh; Metn; Lebanon
Department of Biology; American University of Beirut; Bliss Street; 1107 2020; Beirut; Lebanon
Reptilia snake Letheobia simoni

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