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Another piece in the puzzle: A new species of Phyllodytes Wagler, 1830 (Anura, Hylidae) from the Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia, northeastern Brazil
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- 1. Graduate Program in Zoology, Department of Biological Sciences, State University of Santa Cruz, Road Jorge Amado, Km 16, Ilhéus, 45662-900, Bahia, Brazil.
- 2. Department of Zoology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, Rua do Matão, 101, Travessa 14, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, 05508-090, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Santos, Laisa Souza dos, Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut, Dias, Iuri Ribeiro (2026): Another piece in the puzzle: A new species of Phyllodytes Wagler, 1830 (Anura, Hylidae) from the Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia, northeastern Brazil. European Journal of Taxonomy 1048: 62-83, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1048.3235, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3235/14333
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