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A description of the tadpole of the Critically Endangered Botsford's leaf-litter frog (Leptobrachella botsfordi) with comments on the distribution and conservation status of the species
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- 1. Asian Turtle Program-Indo-Myanmar Conservation, CT1 Bac Ha C14 Building, To Huu Road, Ha Noi, Vietnam. & EDGE of Existence Programme, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4RY, United Kingdom.
- 2. Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4RY, UK.
- 3. Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 1 William St, Sydney, NSW, 2010, Australia. & timothy.cutajar@australian.museum; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7841-9205
- 4. Center for Rescue and Conservation of Organism, Sa Pa, Lao Cai, Vietnam.
- 5. Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 1 William St, Sydney, NSW, 2010, Australia. & christopher.portway@austmus.gov.au; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1767-4282
- 6. Paignton Zoo Environmental Park, Totnes Road, Paignton, Devon, TQ4 7EU, UK.
- 7. Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 1 William St, Sydney, NSW, 2010, Australia. & Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia. Jodi.Rowley@austmus.gov.au; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2011-9143
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Nguyen, Luan Thanh, Tapley, Benjamin, Cutajar, Timothy, Nguyen, Chung Thanh, Portway, Christopher, Harding, Luke, Luong, Hao Van, Rowley, Jodi J. L. (2020): A description of the tadpole of the Critically Endangered Botsford's leaf-litter frog (Leptobrachella botsfordi) with comments on the distribution and conservation status of the species. Zootaxa 4860 (2): 293-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4860.2.10
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