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Molecular systematics of the subgenus Gephyromantis (Phylacomantis) with description of a new subspecies
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- 1. Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
- 2. Zoologisches Institut, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr. 4, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
- 3. The Peregrine Fund's Project in Madagascar, B. P. 4113, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar
- 4. Mention Zoologie et Biodiversité Animale, Université d'Antananarivo, BP 906, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar
- 5. CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal & Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal & BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
- 6. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Via G. Giolitti, 36, 10123 Torino, Italy
- 7. Zoologische Staatssammlung München (ZSM-SNSB), Münchhausenstr. 21, 81247 München, Germany
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Scherz, Mark D., Rudolph, Janina, Rakotondratsima, Marius, Ratsoavina, Fanomezana M., Crottini, Angelica, Andreone, Franco, Glaw, Frank, Vences, Miguel (2024): Molecular systematics of the subgenus Gephyromantis (Phylacomantis) with description of a new subspecies. Zootaxa 5446 (2): 205-220, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5446.2.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5446.2.3
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