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Ontogenetic systematic characterisation of an endemic frog Rhacophorus malabaricus Jerdon, 1870 (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Western Ghats, Kerala, India

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  • 1. Department of Zoology, Research centre, University of Kerala, University College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (India) sandeepperumpulickal@gmail.com, joelinjoseph@gmail.com
  • 2. Transdisciplinary Biology Group, Rajiv Gandhi, Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (India) sgeorge@gmail.com
  • 3. Department of Zoology, Research centre, University of Kerala, University College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (India) manoeduzoology@gmail.com (corresponding author)

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Sandeep, Sreedharan, Joelin, Joseph, Sanil, George, Antony, Mano Mohan (2022): Ontogenetic systematic characterisation of an endemic frog Rhacophorus malabaricus Jerdon, 1870 (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Western Ghats, Kerala, India. Zoosystema 44 (6): 159-176, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2022v44a6

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