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dt.,
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(
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dt.,
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in 2010 from
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dt.,
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dt.,
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/VR-73c one from
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/VR-73d one from
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<emphasis id="CFCD7E6AC6599468FF69D22BFDB1FD57" bold="true" box="[199,526,834,860]" pageId="12" pageNumber="461">Complementary Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="CFCD7E6AC6599468FDB6D22AFD7CFD56" box="[536,707,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="461">Boiga nuchalis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="CFCD7E6AC6599468FEA6D20EFE15FD8A" box="[264,426,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="461">B. ceylonensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="CFCD7E6AC6599468FE4DD20EFDD2FD8A" box="[483,621,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="461">B. whitakeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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that in-turn cluster with high support (97%).
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<emphasis id="CFCD7E6AC6599468FB79D20EFA3EFD8A" box="[1239,1409,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="461">Boiga nuchalis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="CFCD7E6AC6599468FE10D2E2FDE1FDAE" box="[446,606,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="461">B. ceylonensis</emphasis>
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and 5.15.9% from
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<emphasis id="CFCD7E6AC6599468FCEBD2E2FC71FDAE" box="[837,974,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="461">B. whitakeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
at cyt
<emphasis id="CFCD7E6AC6599468FBD7D2E2FB38FDAE" box="[1145,1159,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="461">b</emphasis>
.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="B5A3F1F3C6599468FF69D2C7FA8AFA3E" pageId="12" pageNumber="461" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="CFCD7E6AC6599468FF69D2C7FEF0FDC3" bold="true" box="[199,335,942,968]" pageId="12" pageNumber="461">Comments.</emphasis>
Our new genetic results (see
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) support the earlier notion of
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Ganesh
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that the populations in the Western Ghats and the disjunct ones occurring in the Southern Eastern Ghats are all conspecific and represent a single widespread species. The highest intraspecific divergence documented in this species is 2.6%, between samples from Coorg and Wayanad, and 1.4% divergence between Kolli Hills and Coorg at cyt
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