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Discovery and description of a new species of burrowing frog Sphaerotheca Günther, 1859 (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from the suburban landscapes of Bengaluru, India
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- 1. Genetics Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Yuvaraja College, University of Mysore, Mysore-570005, India & Mount Carmel College, Autonomous; No. 58, Palace Road, Vasanth Nagar, Bengaluru-560052, Karnataka, India
- 2. Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Western Regional Centre (WRC), Pune-411044, Maharashtra, India
- 3. Centre for Urban Ecology, Bio-Diversity, Evolution, and Climate Change (CUBEC); JAIN (Deemed- to- be-UNIVERSITY) J P Nagar, 6th Phase, Bengaluru-560078, Karnataka, India
- 4. Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, UA, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 30, 75005, Paris, France
- 5. Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES), Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru-560012, India
- 6. Laboratory of Animal Behaviour and Conservation, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Jiangsu, China, 210037
- 7. Genetics Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Yuvaraja College, University of Mysore, Mysore-570005, India
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Deepak, P., Dinesh, K.P., Nag, K.S. Chetan, Ohler, Annemarie, Shanker, Kartik, Souza, Princia D, Prasad, Vishal Kumar, Ashadevi, J.S. (2024): Discovery and description of a new species of burrowing frog Sphaerotheca Günther, 1859 (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from the suburban landscapes of Bengaluru, India. Zootaxa 5405 (3): 381-410, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5405.3.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5360.3.8
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