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Fifty Shades of Grey: giving colour to the poorly known Angolan Ashy reed frog (Hyperoliidae: Hyperolius cinereus), with the description of a new species

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Conradie, Werner, Branch, William R., Tolley, Krystal A. (2013): Fifty Shades of Grey: giving colour to the poorly known Angolan Ashy reed frog (Hyperoliidae: Hyperolius cinereus), with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 3635 (3): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3635.3.1

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