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![(Oxybelus dissectus - CCDB-09788-G02) @12 [ ] Copyright G. Blagoev 2010 Unspecified](http://uni.boldsystems.org/pics/_w70/CRABR/CCDB-09788-G02%2B1289232332.JPG "(Oxybelus dissectus - CCDB-09788-G02) {} [ ] Copyright")
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![(Oxybelus haemorrhoidalis - BC-LPRCorse1933) @11 [ ] Copyright (2019) Romain Le Divelec Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris](http://uni.boldsystems.org/pics/_w70/LPRCW/BC-LPRCorse1933_O.hae%2B1574853762.jpeg "(Oxybelus haemorrhoidalis - BC-LPRCorse1933) {} [ ] Copyright (2019)")
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![(Oxybelus lineatus - CCDB-09788-E09) @13 [ ] Copyright G. Blagoev 2010 Unspecified](http://uni.boldsystems.org/pics/_w70/CRABR/CCDB-09788-E09%2B1289232290.JPG "(Oxybelus lineatus - CCDB-09788-E09) {} [ ] Copyright")
![(Oxybelus maculipes - CCDB-09788-E11) @12 [ ] Copyright G. Blagoev 2010 Unspecified](http://uni.boldsystems.org/pics/_w70/CRABR/CCDB-09788-E11%2B1289232332.JPG "(Oxybelus maculipes - CCDB-09788-E11) {} [ ] Copyright")
![(Oxybelus mandibularis - BC ZSM HYM 09943) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2011) Stefan Schmidt SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen](http://uni.boldsystems.org/pics/_w70/FBACB/BC_ZSM_HYM_09943%2B1324047020.jpg "(Oxybelus mandibularis - BC ZSM HYM 09943) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2011)")
![(Oxybelus mucronatus - CCDB-09788-F01) @11 [ ] Copyright G. Blagoev 2010 Unspecified](http://uni.boldsystems.org/pics/_w70/CRABR/CCDB-09788-F01%2B1289232300.JPG "(Oxybelus mucronatus - CCDB-09788-F01) {} [ ] Copyright")
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