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Into the Chamber of Horrors: A proposal for the resolution of nomenclatural chaos in the Scaphiophryne calcarata complex (Anura: Microhylidae), with a new species-level phylogenetic hypothesis for Scaphiophryninae
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- 1. Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstrasse 10, 78464 Konstanz, Germany mark.scherz@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4613-7761
- 2. Braunschweig University of Technology, Zoological Institute, Mendelssohnstrasse 4, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany m.vences@tu-braunschweig.de; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0747-0817
- 3. CIBIO Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, InBIO, Universidade do Porto, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, N 7, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
- 4. Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 50, 75005 Paris, France
- 5. Zoologie et Biodiversité Animale, Université d'Antananarivo, BP 906, Antananarivo, 101 Madagascar
- 6. Zoologie et Biodiversité Animale, Université d'Antananarivo, BP 906, Antananarivo, 101 Madagascar & Association Vahatra, lot VA 38 LB Ter A, Ambohidempona- Tsiadana, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar raselimananaachille@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1610-7307
- 7. Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, Friedensplatz 1, 64283 Darmstadt, Germany
- 8. Zoologische Staatssammlung München (ZSM-SNSB), Münchhausenstrasse 21, 81247 München, Germany
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Scherz, Mark D., Schmidt, Luca, Crottini, Angelica, Miralles, Aurélien, Rakotoarison, Andolalao, Raselimanana, Achille P., Köhler, Jörn, Glaw, Frank, Vences, Miguel (2021): Into the Chamber of Horrors: A proposal for the resolution of nomenclatural chaos in the Scaphiophryne calcarata complex (Anura: Microhylidae), with a new species-level phylogenetic hypothesis for Scaphiophryninae. Zootaxa 4938 (1): 392-420, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4938.4.2
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