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A new species of the genus Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from Guangxi, China

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Yuan, Zhiyong, Sun, Ruida, Chen, Jinmin, Rowley, Jodi J. L., Wu, Zhengjun, Hou, Shaobing, Wang, Shaoneng, Che, Jing (2017): A new species of the genus Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from Guangxi, China. Zootaxa 4300 (4): 551-570, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4300.4.5

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