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A new potentially Endangered species of Megophrys (Amphibia: Megophryidae) from Mount Ky Quan San, north-west Vietnam
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Tapley, Benjamin, Cutajar, Timothy, Nguyen, Luan Thanh, Portway, Christopher, Mahony, Stephen, Nguyen, Chung Thanh, Harding, Luke, Luong, Hao Van, Rowley, Jodi J. L. (2021): A new potentially Endangered species of Megophrys (Amphibia: Megophryidae) from Mount Ky Quan San, north-west Vietnam. Journal of Natural History (J. Nat. Hist.) 54 (39-40): 2543-2575, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2020.1856952, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2020.1856952
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