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- ↑ Inns, Howard (2011). "The Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust". Britain's Reptiles and Amphibians. Princeton University Press. p. 23. doi:10.1515/9780691206813-006. ISBN 9780691206813 . Retrieved 25 November 2022.
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