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First record of the Vietnam Flying Frog, Rhacophorus calcaneus Smith, 1924, from Khanh Hoa Province, including the first molecular identification and morphological description of larval stages

  • 1. Hanoi National University of Education, 136 Xuan Thuy, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam /Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Hanoi, Vietnam. E-mail: ninhhoa.hnue@gmail.com
  • 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, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam. E-mail: nguyenthientao@gmail.com
  • 3. Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam / Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam. E-mail: cuongiebr@gmail.com
  • 4. Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam / Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam. E-mail: nqt2@yahoo.com
  • 5. Department of Herpetology, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia. E-mail: orlov52@gmail.com
  • 6. AG Zoologischer Garten Köln, Riehler Strasse 173, D-50735 Cologne, Germany. E-mail: aquarium@koelnerzoo.de
  • 7. AG Zoologischer Garten Köln, Riehler Strasse 173, D-50735 Cologne, Germany. E-mail: ziegler@koelnerzoo.de and aquarium@koelnerzoo.de / Institute of Zoology, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Strasse 47b, D-50674 Cologne, Germany

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