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Lost and found: One of the world's most elusive amphibians, Pseudophilautus stellatus (Kelaart 1853) rediscovered

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Mendis Wickramasinghe, L. J., Vidanapathirana, Dulan Ranga, Airyarathne, Sameera, Rajeev, Gehan, Chanaka, Amila, Pastorini, Jennifer, Chathuranga, Gayan, Wickramasinghe, Nethu (2013): Lost and found: One of the world's most elusive amphibians, Pseudophilautus stellatus (Kelaart 1853) rediscovered. Zootaxa 3620 (1): 112-128, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3620.1.5

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Publication: 10.1206/0003-0090(2006)297[0001:TATOL]2.0.CO;2 (DOI)
Publication: 10.1006/mpev.1998.0538 (DOI)
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Publication: 10.4038/tapro.v1i2.2766 (DOI)
Publication: 10.1093/molbev/msm092 (DOI)
Publication: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.11.023 (DOI)
Publication: 10.1016/j.bse.2010.03.011 (DOI)
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Taxonomic treatment: 10.5281/zenodo.5688283 (DOI)
Taxonomic treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/038F87DFB213FFCE5B918010FDDE0A98 (URL)
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Dataset: http://www.gbif.org/dataset/ef2cc3d6-f408-4521-b469-ad6e9c1b0427 (URL)

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