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IT has previously been reported that the skins of the green snakes Philothamnus semivariegatus and Dispholidus typus contain riboflavin, isoxanthopterin and 2-amino-4-hydroxpteridine-6-carboxylic acid1,2. D. typus also contains 2-amino-4-hydroxypteridine2 and an unknown yellow pigment1.
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BLAIR, J. Pigments and Pterins in the Skin of the Green Mamba, Dendroaspis viridis . Nature 180, 1371 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/1801371a0
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