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Three new species of horned frogs, Megophrys (Amphibia: Megophryidae), from northeast India, with a resolution to the identity of Megophrys boettgeri populations reported from the region

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Mahony, Stephen, Teeling, Emma C., Biju, S. D. (2013): Three new species of horned frogs, Megophrys (Amphibia: Megophryidae), from northeast India, with a resolution to the identity of Megophrys boettgeri populations reported from the region. Zootaxa 3722 (2): 143-169, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3722.2.2

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