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Description of a new species of Bush frog (Anura: Rhacophoridae: Raorchestes) from northwestern Yunnan, China

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  • 1. State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution State, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China & Kunming College of Life Science, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, China & yunhe2009@163.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3189-1091
  • 2. Key Laboratory for Forest Resources Conservation and Utilization in the Southwest Mountains of China, Ministry of Education, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China & liuxiaolongswfu@126.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8417-5208
  • 3. State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution State, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China & Kunming College of Life Science, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, China & gaowei1160@163.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4539-1186
  • 4. Zhejiang Forest Resource Monitoring Center, Hangzhou 310020
  • 5. Gongshan Administrative suboffice of Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve
  • 6. State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution State, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China & zhouweiwei@lzu.edu.cn; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9023-6663
  • 7. Key Laboratory for Forest Resources Conservation and Utilization in the Southwest Mountains of China, Ministry of Education, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China & yuanzhiyongkiz@126.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5991-3021
  • 8. State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution State, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China & chej@mail.kiz.ac.cn; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4246-6514

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Wu, Yun-He, Liu, Xiao-Long, Gao, Wei, Wang, Yu-Fan, Li, Ying-Chun, Zhou, Wei-Wei, Yuan, Zhi-Yong, Che, Jing (2021): Description of a new species of Bush frog (Anura: Rhacophoridae: Raorchestes) from northwestern Yunnan, China. Zootaxa 4941 (2): 239-258, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4941.2.5

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