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A recently extinct new species of Dryadobates (Anura: Aromobatidae) from South Brazil: species description and implications for the historical distribution and recent extinction history of the clade
- 1. Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Tv. 14 101, Rua do Matão, Cidade Universitária, 05508-090, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
- 2. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th St and Constitution Ave NW, 20560, Washington, DC, United States of America.
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Grant, Taran, Pinheiro, Paulo Durães Pereira (2025): A recently extinct new species of Dryadobates (Anura: Aromobatidae) from South Brazil: species description and implications for the historical distribution and recent extinction history of the clade. Zootaxa 5693 (4): 583-595, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5693.4.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5693.4.9
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