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Relicts of a forested past: Southernmost distribution of the hairy frog genus Trichobatrachus Boulenger, 1900 (Anura: Arthroleptidae) in the Serra do Pingano region of Angola with comments on its taxonomic status

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  • 1. Museum of Zoology, Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden, Königsbrücker Landstr. 159, 01109 Dresden, Germany. University of Kimpa Vita, Rua Henrique Freitas N1, Bairro Popular Uíge 77, Angola
  • 2. Department of Biology, Institute of Botany, Faculty of Science, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
  • 3. Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity, D-10115 Berlin, Germany
  • 4. Natural History Museum of Geneva, Department of Herpetology and Ichthyology, C.P. 6434, 1211 Geneva 6, Switzerland Corresponding author: raffael.ernst@senckenberg.de

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Ernst, Raffael, Nienguesso, Alvaro Bruno Toto, Lautenschläger, Thea, Barej, Michael F., Scmitz, Andreas, Hölting, Monique (2014): Relicts of a forested past: Southernmost distribution of the hairy frog genus Trichobatrachus Boulenger, 1900 (Anura: Arthroleptidae) in the Serra do Pingano region of Angola with comments on its taxonomic status. Zootaxa 3779 (2): 297-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3779.2.10

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