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Seven new species of Night Frogs (Anura, Nyctibatrachidae) from the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot of India, with remarkably high diversity of diminutive forms

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Sonali Garg, Robin Suyesh, Sandeep Sukesan, Sd Biju (2017): Seven new species of Night Frogs (Anura, Nyctibatrachidae) from the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot of India, with remarkably high diversity of diminutive forms. PeerJ 5 (3007): 1-50, DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3007

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