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Abstract
There have been a number of reports of reptiles, including blind snakes, displaying atypical skin coloration as a result of reduced or excessive pigmentation. This note reports on a leucistic blackish blind snake (Anilios nigrescens) from New South Wales, Australia.
期刊介绍:
Russian Journal of Herpetology is an international multi-disciplinary journal devoted to herpetology. Russian Journal of Herpetology accepts original papers on ecology, behavior, conservation, systematics, evolutionary morphology, paleontology, physiology, cytology and genetics of amphibians and reptiles.
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-invited or contributed reviews on specific topics
-short communications on topics of immediate interest, new methods and ideas in progress
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