Resolving pitfalls in pit viper systematics – A multi-criteria approach to species delimitation in pit vipers (Reptilia, Viperidae, Craspedocephalus) of Peninsular India reveals cryptic diversity

Ashok Kumar Mallik; Achyuthan Needamangalam Srikanthan; Sumaithangi Rajagopalan Ganesh; Seenapuram Palaniswamy Vijayakumar; Patrick D. Campbell; Anita Malhotra; Kartik Shanker

doi:10.3897/vz.71.e66239

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Vertebrate Zoology 71: 577-619
https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.71.e66239 (06 Oct 2021)

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