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A new species of Sphaerotheca Günther, 1859 (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from the degraded urban ecosystems of Bengaluru, Deccan Plateau, India
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- 1. Genetics Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Yuvaraja College, University of Mysore, Mysore-570005, India & Mount Carmel College, Autonomous; No. 58, Palace Road, Vasanth Nagar, Bengaluru-560052, Karnataka, India deepak.sphaeros@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2261-4671
- 2. Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Western Regional Centre (WRC), Pune-411044, Maharashtra, India
- 3. Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, UA, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 30, 75005, Paris, France
- 4. Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES), Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru-560012, India
- 5. Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Western Ghats Regional Centre (WGRC), Calicut 673006, Kerala, India puttakeshava@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0414-6889
- 6. Genetics Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Yuvaraja College, University of Mysore, Mysore-570005, India & ashajs2000@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3525-4364
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Deepak, P., Dinesh, K.P., Ohler, Annemarie, Shanker, Kartik, Channakeshavamurthy, B.H., Ashadevi, J.S. (2020): A new species of Sphaerotheca Günther, 1859 (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from the degraded urban ecosystems of Bengaluru, Deccan Plateau, India. Zootaxa 4885 (3): 423-436, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4885.3.6
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