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Amolops caelumnoctis Rao & Wilkinson, 2007, a Junior Synonym of A. splendissimus Orlov & Ho, 2007 (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae)

  • 1. Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development, Ministry of Education, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China & Key Laboratory of Conserving Wildlife with Small Populations in Yunnan, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, Yunnan, China & Michigan State University, East Lansing 48825, MI, United States
  • 2. Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 1 William St, Sydney, NSW, 2010, Australia & Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia & jodi.rowley@australian.museum; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2011-9143
  • 3. Key Laboratory of Conserving Wildlife with Small Populations in Yunnan, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, Yunnan, China & 13888981969@163.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8417-5208
  • 4. Department of Nature Conservation Curator of Herpetology, Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
  • 5. Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London, UK.
  • 6. EDGE of Existence Programme, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London, UK & Asian Turtle Program of Indo-Myanmar Conservation 1806, CT1-C14 Bac Ha Building, To Huu Street, Nam Tu Liem District, Hanoi, Vietnam
  • 7. Western National Nature Reserve of Yunnan Province, Wenshan 663000, Yunnan, China
  • 8. Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 1 William St, Sydney, NSW, 2010, Australia & Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia
  • 9. Key Laboratory of Conserving Wildlife with Small Populations in Yunnan, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, Yunnan, China
  • 10. Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development, Ministry of Education, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China & Key Laboratory of Conserving Wildlife with Small Populations in Yunnan, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, Yunnan, China

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Zhang, Yinpeng, Rowley, Jodi J. L., Liu, Xiaolong, Nguyen, Tao Thien, Nguyen, Huy Quoc, Tapley, Benjamin, Nguyen, Luan Thanh, Yang, Yun, Cutajar, Timothy, Zhang, Ying, Yuan, Zhiyong (2021): Amolops caelumnoctis Rao & Wilkinson, 2007, a Junior Synonym of A. splendissimus Orlov & Ho, 2007 (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae). Zootaxa 5057 (2): 181-200, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5057.2.2

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