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Discovery of a new species of Euphlyctis (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from the western coastal plains of peninsular India

  • 1. Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Western Regional Centre (WRC), Pune-411044, India
  • 2. Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Western Ghats Regional Centre (WGRC), Calicut-673006, India
  • 3. Mount Carmel College, Autonomous; No. 58, Palace Road, Vasanth Nagar, Bengaluru-560052, India deepak.sphaeros@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2261-4671
  • 4. Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Western Regional Centre (WRC), Pune-411044, India & Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Western Regional Centre (WRC), Pune-411044, India
  • 5. School of Biological Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar-752050, India avrajjal.ghosh@niser.ac.in; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1049-6455
  • 6. Herpetology Division, FPS Building, Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), 27 JL Nehru Road, Kolkata-700016, India kaushikdeuti@gmail.com; https:/orcid.org/0000-0003-3319-3665

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Dinesh, K.P., Channakeshavamurthy, B.H., Deepak, P., Shabnam, A., Ghosh, Avrajjal, Deuti, Kaushik (2022): Discovery of a new species of Euphlyctis (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from the western coastal plains of peninsular India. Zootaxa 5100 (3): 419-434, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5100.3.6

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