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Integrative taxonomic analysis reveals a new species of Leptobrachium (Anura: Megophryidae) from north-eastern Cambodia and central Vietnam

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Stuart, Bryan L., Som, Hannah E., Neang, Thy, Hoang, Huy Duc, Le, Duong Thi Thuy, Dau, Vinh Quang, Potter, Kathy, Rowley, Jodi J. L. (2020): Integrative taxonomic analysis reveals a new species of Leptobrachium (Anura: Megophryidae) from north-eastern Cambodia and central Vietnam. Journal of Natural History (J. Nat. Hist.) 54 (1-4): 225-255, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2020.1756498, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2020.1756498

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