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The biogeography ofElaphe sauromates(Pallas, 1814), with a description of a new rat snake species
28 May 2019
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Background The rat snake genusElapheonce comprised several dozens of species distributed in temperate through tropical zones of the New and Old World. Based on molecular-genetic analyses in early 2000s, the genus was split into several separate genera, leaving only 15 Palearctic and Oriental species as its members. One of the three species also occurring in Europe isElaphe sauromates, a robust snake from the...
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