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Description of the tadpoles of three rare species of megophryid frogs (Amphibia: Anura: Megophryidae) from Gunung Mulu, Sarawak, Malaysia

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Oberhummer, Evelyne, Barten, Catherin, Schweizer, Manuel, Das, Indraneil, Haas, Alexander, Hertwig, Stefan T. (2014): Description of the tadpoles of three rare species of megophryid frogs (Amphibia: Anura: Megophryidae) from Gunung Mulu, Sarawak, Malaysia. Zootaxa 3835 (1): 59-79, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3835.1.3

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