Shell Morphology of the Egyptian Tortoise, Testudo kleinmanni Lortet, 1883, the Osteologically Least-Known Testudo Species
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1883, the Osteologically Least-Known Testudo Species Massimo Delfino1,2,*, Francesco Chesi2, and Uwe Fritz3 1Paläontologisches Institut und Museum, Universität Zürich, Karl Schmid-Strasse 4, CH-8006 Zürich, Switzerland 2Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Firenze, Via G. La Pira 4, I-50121, Firenze, Italy 3Museum of Zoology (Museum für Tierkunde), Senckenberg Dresden, A. B. Meyer Building, D-01109 Dresden, Germany
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