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Molecules and Morphology Reveal Overlooked Populations of Two Presumed Extinct Australian Sea Snakes (Aipysurus: Hydrophiinae)

The critically endangered leaf-scaled (Aipysurus foliosquamaI) and short-nosed (A. apraefrontalis) sea snakes are currently recognised only from Ashmore and Hibernia reefs ~600km off the northwest Australian coast. Steep population declines in both species were documented over 15 years and neither h...

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Autores principales: Sanders, Kate L., Schroeder, Tina, Guinea, Michael L., Rasmussen, Arne R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4324969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25671608
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115679