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Early to middle Pleistocene occurrences of Litoria, Neobatrachus and Pseudophryne (Anura) from the Nullarbor Plain, Australia: first frogs from the "frog-free zone"

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Tyler, Michael J., Prideaux, Gavin J. (2016): Early to middle Pleistocene occurrences of Litoria, Neobatrachus and Pseudophryne (Anura) from the Nullarbor Plain, Australia: first frogs from the "frog-free zone". Memoirs of Museum Victoria 74: 403-408, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2016.74.28, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-74-2016/pages-403-408/

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