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The field work and lab work was carried out using joint funding from Department of Science and Technology (DST) Govt. of India and Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) Govt. of India. We thank Tarun Khichi for help during field work and Bhavani for paperwork pertaining to funding. We also thank Ishan Agarwal, Varad Giri, Navendu Page and Pratyush Mohapatra for help in procuring specimens in field. We are also grateful to the forest departments for providing us with collection permits in the states where the samples have been collected.
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DATTA-ROY, A., SINGH, M. & KARANTH, K.P. Phylogeny of endemic skinks of the genus Lygosoma (Squamata: Scincidae) from India suggests an in situ radiation. J Genet 93, 163–167 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-014-0321-z
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