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A new tree-frog genus and species from Ivory Coast, West Africa (Amphibia: Anura: Hyperoliidae)

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Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Kosuch, Joachim, Grafe, Ulmar, Boistel, Renaud, Assemian, Emmanuel, Kouamé, N'Goran G., Tohé, Blayda, Gourène, Germain, Perret, Jean-Luc, Henle, Klaus, Tafforeau, Paul, Pollet, Nicolas (2009): A new tree-frog genus and species from Ivory Coast, West Africa (Amphibia: Anura: Hyperoliidae). Zootaxa 2044: 23-45, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.186394

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