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Kirk Miller, The Improved Performance of Snapping Turtles (Chelydra serpentina) Hatched from Eggs Incubated on a Wet Substrate Persists through the Neonatal Period, Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 27, No. 2 (Jun., 1993), pp. 228-233
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