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- ↑ Kawazoe, U; Gouvêa, H (1999). "Description of Pythonella scleruri n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from a brazilian bird rufous-breasted-leaftosser Sclerurus scansor, 1835 (Passeriformes: Furnariidae)". Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 94 (2): 157–159. doi: 10.1590/S0074-02761999000200005 .
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