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A new genus for four myobatrachid frogs from the South Western Australian Ecoregion
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- 1. School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, 2350, Australia. grantwebster.aecs@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7728-4107
- 2. School of Environmental, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, Centre for Sustainable Ecosystem Solutions, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, New South Wales, 2522, Australia.
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Webster, Grant N., Bool, Ian (2022): A new genus for four myobatrachid frogs from the South Western Australian Ecoregion. Zootaxa 5154 (2): 127-151, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5154.2.2
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