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Two new glassfrogs (Centrolenidae: Hyalinobatrachium) from Ecuador, with comments on the endangered biodiversity of the Andes

  • 1. Laboratorio de Biología Evolutiva, Instituto Biósfera, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales COCIBA, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador & Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
  • 2. Third Millennium Alliance, Quito, Ecuador & Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States
  • 3. Division of Behavioral Ecology, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
  • 4. Laboratorio de Biología Evolutiva, Instituto Biósfera, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador
  • 5. Biology & Research Department, Mashpi Lodge, Mashpi, Ecuador
  • 6. Tropical Herping, Quito, Ecuador
  • 7. The Biodiversity Group, Tucson, Arizona, United States
  • 8. Photo Wildlife Tours, Quito, Ecuador & Fundación Cóndor Andino, Quito, Ecuador

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Guayasamin, Juan M., Brunner, Rebecca M., Valencia-Aguilar, Anyelet, Franco-Mena, Daniela, Ringler, Eva, Medina Armijos, Anderson, Morochz, Carlos, Bustamante, Lucas, Maynard, Ross J., Culebras, Jaime (2022): Two new glassfrogs (Centrolenidae: Hyalinobatrachium) from Ecuador, with comments on the endangered biodiversity of the Andes. PeerJ 10: 1-34, DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13109, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13109

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