An updated description of the osteology of the pancake tortoise Malacochersus tornieri (Testudines: Testudinidae) with special focus on intraspecific variation

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  2017

• Venue

  Journal of morphology

• Publication date

  2017-03-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1002/jmor.20640PMID 28121010
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