Further Studies on the Lizard Cranial Osteology, Based on a Comparative Study of the Skull in Trachylepis aurata transcaucasica and Laudakia nupta (Squamata: Sauria)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2007-14-2-107-116
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