Unexpected phylogenetic relationships within the world's largest limbless skink species ( Acontias plumbeus ) highlight the need for a review of the taxonomic status of Acontias poecilus

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  2019

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  Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

• Publication date

  2019-05-01

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  Biology

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  DOI 10.1111/JZS.12263
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