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A new species of Megophrys (Amphibia: Anura: Megophryidae) from Vietnam
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Nguyen, Truong Quang, Pham, Cuong The, Nguyen, Tao Thien, Luong, Anh Mai, Ziegler, Thomas (2020): A new species of Megophrys (Amphibia: Anura: Megophryidae) from Vietnam. Zootaxa 4722 (5): 401-422, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4722.5.1
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