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A New Species of the Genus Zhangixalus (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae) from Vietnam

  • 1. Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Hanoi, Vietnam. & Hanoi National University of Education, 136 Xuan Thuy Road, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam.
  • 2. Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Hanoi, Vietnam. & Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam.
  • 3. Department of Herpetology, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia.
  • 4. Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Hanoi, Vietnam. & Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam.
  • 5. Zoologischer Garten Köln, Riehler Strasse 173, D-50735 Cologne, Germany. & Institute of Zoology, University of Cologne, Z̹lpicher Strasse 47b, D-50674 Cologne, Germany

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Ninh, Hoa Thi, Nguyen, Tao Thien, Orlov, Nikolai, Nguyen, Truong Quang, Ziegler, Thomas (2020): A New Species of the Genus Zhangixalus (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae) from Vietnam. European Journal of Taxonomy 688: 1-18, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.688

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