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Adnagulov E. V. ANNONATED LIST OF AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE SPECIES OF THE FAR EAST RUSSIA. Current Studies in Herpetology, 2017, vol. 17, iss. , pp. 95-?. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18500/1814-6090-2017-17-3-4-95-123


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ANNONATED LIST OF AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE SPECIES OF THE FAR EAST RUSSIA

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An annotated list of amphibian and reptile species of the Russian Far East is presented with due account of modern data on the taxa systematics. 13 Amphibian species and 27 reptile ones have been reliably registered by now, including several random sea species.

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