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Pyxicephalus khasianus Anderson, 1871 and Rana laticeps Boulenger, 1882 (Dicroglossidae, Anura, Amphibia) are synonyms

  • 1. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle UMR 7205 OSEB, DSE case postale 30, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) annemarie.ohler@mnhn.fr
  • 2. Zoological Survey of India, Amphibia Collections, 27 Jawaharlal Lal Nehru Road Kolkata 700 016 (India) kaushikdeuti@gmail.com

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Ohler, Annemarie, Deuti, Kaushik (2013): Pyxicephalus khasianus Anderson, 1871 and Rana laticeps Boulenger, 1882 (Dicroglossidae, Anura, Amphibia) are synonyms. Zoosystema 35 (3): 415-424, DOI: 10.5252/z2013n3a4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/z2013n3a4

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