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A new species of Torrent frog (Anura, Ranidae, Amolops) from the Coastal Hills of Southeastern China

  • 1. State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol/ The Museum of Biology, School of Life Sciences/ School of Ecology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China & zhaochizeng@outlook.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4054-8399 & These authors contributed equally as the first authors
  • 2. State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol/ The Museum of Biology, School of Life Sciences/ School of Ecology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China & wangj397@mail.sysu.edu.cn; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4249-7767 & These authors contributed equally as the first authors
  • 3. State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol/ The Museum of Biology, School of Life Sciences/ School of Ecology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China & lvzht@foxmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4891-3859
  • 4. State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol/ The Museum of Biology, School of Life Sciences/ School of Ecology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China & wangyy@mail.sysu.edu.cn; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2024-6641

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Zeng, Zhao-Chi, Wang, Jian, Lyu, Zhi-Tong, Wang, Ying-Yong (2021): A new species of Torrent frog (Anura, Ranidae, Amolops) from the Coastal Hills of Southeastern China. Zootaxa 5004 (1): 151-166, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5004.1.6

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