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A. F. Flemming, J. H. van Wyk, The Female Reproductive Cycle of the Lizard Cordylus p. polyzonus (Sauria: Cordylidae) in the Southwestern Cape Province, South Africa, Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 26, No. 2 (Jun., 1992), pp. 121-127
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