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A targeted survey for the Durban Dwarf Burrowing Skink Scelotes inornatus (Smith 1849) at Bluff Nature Reserve and Treasure Beach in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, with notes on sympatric herpetofauna

AJ Armstronga Biodiversity Research & Assessment, Ezemvelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife, Montrose, South Africa;b Centre for Functional Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Scottsville, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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PR Jordaanc African Ecological Conservation Projects, Pretoria, South Africa;d Department of Nature Conservation, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa.
Pages 1-12 | Received 31 May 2023, Accepted 23 Sep 2023, Published online: 20 Oct 2023

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