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Ecological aspects of the pumpkin toadlet, Brachycephalus garbeanus Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 (Anura: Neobatrachia: Brachycephalidae), in a highland forest of southeastern Brazil

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Dorigo, Thiago Arnt, Siqueira, Carla C., Vrcibradic, Davor, Maia-Carneiro, Thiago, Almeida-Santos, Marlon, Rocha, Carlos F.D. (2012): Ecological aspects of the pumpkin toadlet, Brachycephalus garbeanus Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 (Anura: Neobatrachia: Brachycephalidae), in a highland forest of southeastern Brazil. Journal of Natural History 46 (39-40): 2497-2507, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2012.713525, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2012.713525

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