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Amphibians of Kokolopori: an introduction to the amphibian fauna of the Central Congolian Lowland Forests, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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  • 1. Department of Aquatic Ecology, Biodiversity Monitoring Center, University of Kisangani, Kisangani, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
  • 2. Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Biodiversity Monitoring Center, University of Kisangani, Kisangani, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
  • 3. Faculty of Sciences, University of Kisangani, Kisangani, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
  • 4. Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, CZECH REPUBLIC & National Museum, Department of Zoology, Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC

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Badjedjea, Gabriel, Masudi, Franck M., Akaibe, Benjamin Dudu, Gvoždík, Václav (2022): Amphibians of Kokolopori: an introduction to the amphibian fauna of the Central Congolian Lowland Forests, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e301) 16 (1): 35-70, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12761585

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