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A new large green treefrog (Litoria: Pelodryadidae) from western New Guinea, with the description of a new diagnostic character for the Litoria graminea group

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Günther, Rainer, Richards, Stephen J., Hamidy, Amir, Trilaksono, Wahyu, Sulaeman, Taufan N., Oliver, Paul M. (2023): A new large green treefrog (Litoria: Pelodryadidae) from western New Guinea, with the description of a new diagnostic character for the Litoria graminea group. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 71: 417-429, DOI: 10.26107/RBZ-2023-0031

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