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Distribution pattern of the Microhyla heymonsi group (Anura, Microhylidae) with descriptions of two new species from Vietnam

  • 1. CAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization as well as Ecological Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China. & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 8100, China. & Forest Resources and Environment Center, 300 Ngoc Hoi Road, Thanh Tri, Hanoi, Vietnam.
  • 2. Institute of Genome Research, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Hanoi 10072, Vietnam.
  • 3. Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Hanoi 10072, Vietnam.
  • 4. Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Hanoi 10072, Vietnam. & Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Cau Giay, Hanoi 10072, Vietnam.
  • 5. CAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization as well as Ecological Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China.
  • 6. CAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization as well as Ecological Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China. & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 8100, China.
  • 7. AG Zoologischer Garten Köln, Riehler Strasse 173, D-50735 Cologne, Germany. & Institute of Zoology, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Strasse 47b, D-50674 Cologne, Germany.

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Hoang, Chung Van, Nguyen, Tao Thien, Phan, Tien Quang, Pham, Cuong The, Ninh, Hoa Thi, Wang, Bin, Jiang, Jianping, Ziegler, Thomas, Nguyen, Truong Quang (2022): Distribution pattern of the Microhyla heymonsi group (Anura, Microhylidae) with descriptions of two new species from Vietnam. European Journal of Taxonomy 846: 1-41, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.846.1961, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.846.1961

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