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A new species of Caribbean toad (Bufonidae, Peltophryne) from southern Hispaniola

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Landestoy, Miguel A., Turner, Daniel B., Marion, Angela B., Hedges, S. Blair (2018): A new species of Caribbean toad (Bufonidae, Peltophryne) from southern Hispaniola. Zootaxa 4403 (3): 523-539, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4403.3.6

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