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Morphological groupings within Euphlyctis (Anura: Dicroglossidae) and description of a new species from the surroundings of Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Kerala, India

  • 1. Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Western Regional Centre (WRC), Pune - 411044, India
  • 2. Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Western Ghats Regional Centre (WGRC), Calicut-673006, India
  • 3. Mount Carmel College, Autonomous; No. 58, Palace Road, Vasanth Nagar, Bengaluru-560052, India deepak.sphaeros@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2261-4671
  • 4. School of Biological Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar-752050, India avrajjal.ghosh@niser.ac.in; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1049-6455
  • 5. Herpetology Division, FPS Building, Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), 27 JL Nehru Road, Kolkata-700016, India kaushikdeuti@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3319-3665

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Dinesh, K.P., Channakeshavamurthy, B.H., Deepak, P., Ghosh, Avrajjal, Deuti, Kaushik (2021): Morphological groupings within Euphlyctis (Anura: Dicroglossidae) and description of a new species from the surroundings of Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Kerala, India. Zootaxa 4990 (2): 329-353, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.7

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