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Revision of the genus Werneria Poche, 1903, including the descriptions of two new species from Cameroon and Gabon (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae)

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Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Schmitz, Andreas, Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Böhme, Wolfgang (2004): Revision of the genus Werneria Poche, 1903, including the descriptions of two new species from Cameroon and Gabon (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 720: 1-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158599

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