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A new species of terrestrial-breeding frog of the genus Pristimantis (Anura Terrarana: Craugastoridae) from the eastern Andean slopes of the southern Ecuador

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Valencia, Jorge H., Valladares-Suntasig, Francisco, Tipantiza-Tuguminago, Luis, Dueñas, Manuel R. (2019): A new species of terrestrial-breeding frog of the genus Pristimantis (Anura Terrarana: Craugastoridae) from the eastern Andean slopes of the southern Ecuador. Zootaxa 4658 (3): 509-525, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4658.3.4

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