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Larval external morphology and chondrocranium of Leptobrachella bidoupensis (Anura: Megophryidae), an endemic litter toad from southern Vietnam
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- 1. A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 33, Leninsky prospect, Moscow 117071, Russia Joint Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Research and Technological Centre, Nguyen Van Huyen,
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Vassilieva, Anna B. (2021): Larval external morphology and chondrocranium of Leptobrachella bidoupensis (Anura: Megophryidae), an endemic litter toad from southern Vietnam. Zootaxa 5068 (4): 587-594, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5068.4.8
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