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Issue: Vol. 5604 No. 1: 12 Mar. 2025
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2025-03-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5604.1.11
Page range: 94-100
Abstract views: 155
PDF downloaded: 110

When light casts long shadows: The increasingly dark truth about Pelodiscus axenaria (Zhou, Zhang & Fang, 1991)

College of Life Science and Technology; Jinan University; Guangzhou 510632; China.
College of Life Science and Technology; Jinan University; Guangzhou 510632; China.
Museum of Zoology; Senckenberg Dresden; A. B. Meyer Building; 01109 Dresden; Germany.
21 Bercsényi St.; 2464 Gyúró; Hungary.
Reptilia Pelodiscus axenaria

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