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The smallest of its kind: Description of a new cryptic Amnirana species (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) from West African rainforests

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  • 1. Museum f¸r Naturkunde Berlin-Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstrasse 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany. frederic.griesbaum@mfn.berlin; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8147-996X;
  • 2. Department of Natural History, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA dblackburn@flmnh.ufl.edu; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1810-9886; & New Brunswick Museum, 277 Douglas Avenue, Saint John, New Brunswick E2K 1E5, Canada
  • 3. Museum f¸r Naturkunde Berlin-Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstrasse 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany. frederic.griesbaum@mfn.berlin; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8147-996X; & Frogs & Friends, Grossbeerenstrasse 84, 10963 Berlin, Germany
  • 4. Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé, UFR Environnement, Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Tropicale, Daloa, BP 150, Côte d´Ivoire. ngoran_kouame@yahoo.fr; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3007-605X
  • 5. ONG EnviSud Guinée, Quartier Kipé T2 Commune de Ratoma, 030 BP 558 Conakry, Republic of Guinea j_doumbia@yahoo.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6987-9389
  • 6. Laboratory of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, P.O. Box 812, Yaoundé, Cameroon
  • 7. Wild Chimpanzee Foundation (WCF), Liberia Office, Congo Town, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Liberia hillers@wildchimps.org; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3179-8492
  • 8. Institute for Cell and Systems Biology, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany julian.glos@uni-hamburg.de; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5586-0591
  • 9. Department of Natural History, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA dblackburn@flmnh.ufl.edu; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1810-9886;

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Griesbaum, Frederic, Jongsma, Gregory F.M., Penner, Johannes, Kouamé, N'Goran Germain, Doumbia, Joseph, Gonwouo, Nono L., Hillers, Annika, Glos, Julian, Blackburn, David C., Rödel, Mark-Oliver (2023): The smallest of its kind: Description of a new cryptic Amnirana species (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) from West African rainforests. Zootaxa 5254 (3): 301-339, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5254.3.1, URL: http://zoobank.org/bf80cd4f-bec8-4543-9172-47ae8f382e31

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Publication: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.12.006 (DOI)
Publication: 10.1111/jbi.13716 (DOI)
Publication: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2012.00887.x (DOI)
Publication: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.05.001 (DOI)
Publication: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00801.x (DOI)
Publication: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056236 (DOI)
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Taxonomic treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/BA636469FFEDC57CFF38FF74CEA8FF77 (URL)
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