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An International Peer Reviewed Open Access Journal for Rapid Publication Registered with the Registrar of Newspapers for India Under Reg VOLUME-11 NUMBER-2 (April-June 2018) Print ISSN: 0974-6455 Online ISSN: 2321-4007 CODEN: BBRCBA www.bbrc.in University Grants Commission (UGC) New Delhi, India Approved Journal An International Peer Reviewed Open Access Journal For Rapid Publication Registered with the Registrar of Newspapers for India under Reg. No. 498/2007 Bioscience Biotechnology Research Communications VOLUME-11 NUMBER-2 (April-June 2018) Description of intestinal parasites found in some snakes of Al-Diwaniyah, Iraq Hadi M. 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