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Taxonomic revision of south-eastern Australian giant burrowing frogs (Anura: Limnodynastidae: Heleioporus Gray)
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- 1. Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia. Michael.mahony@newcastle.edu.au; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1042-0848
- 2. Research and Development Division, Forests New South Wales, P.O Box 100 Beecroft, NSW 2119, Australia. & Current address: Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science, University of Melbourne, 4 Water Street, Creswick, Victoria 3363, Australia. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5203-9818
- 3. The South Australian Museum, North Terrace Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia. & School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide SA 5005, Australia.
- 4. Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 1 William Street Sydney NSW 2010, Australia; Eco Logical Australia, Level 7, 19 Bolton Street, Newcastle, NSW 2300, Australia.
- 5. Forestry Corporation of NSW, PO Box 702 Eden, NSW 2551, Australia.
- 6. The South Australian Museum, North Terrace Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia. & Steve.Donnellan@samuseum.sa.gov.au; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5448-3226
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Mahony, Michael J., Penman, Trent, Bertozzi, Terry, Lemckert, Frank, Bilney, Rohan, Donnellan, Stephen C. (2021): Taxonomic revision of south-eastern Australian giant burrowing frogs (Anura: Limnodynastidae: Heleioporus Gray). Zootaxa 5016 (4): 451-489, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5016.4.1
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