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Snyder S.D. and V.V. Tkach 2006. Paradeuterobaris victoriae n. sp. (Digenea: Microscaphidiidae) and Buckarootrema minuta n. sp. (Digenea: Pronocephalidae) from the Victoria River Red-Faced Turtle, Emydura victoriae (Pleurodira: Chelidae) in Australia. Comparative Parasitology 73: 7-13. DOI: 10.1654/4201.1.

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Snyder S.D. and Tkach V.V. 2009. Haplorchis popelkae n. sp. (Digenea: Plagiorchioidea) from short-necked turtles (Chelidae) in northern Australia. Journal of Parasitology 95: 204-207.

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Authors: Vasyl V. Tkach, Scott D. Snyder, Yuriy Kuzmin

 
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