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A new genus and species of rhinatrematid caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Rhinatrematidae) from Ecuador

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  • 1. Life Sciences,The Natural History Museum,London"W7 5BD,UK
  • 2. 2031 Isles of Saint Marys Way,Saint Marys,Georgia 31558 U.S.A
  • 3. Department of Vertebrate)oology,National Museum of Natural History,Smithsonian Institution,Washington D.C.,N.W.,20560

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Wilkinson, Mark, Reynolds, Robert P., Jacobs, Jeremy F. (2021): A new genus and species of rhinatrematid caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Rhinatrematidae) from Ecuador. Herpetological Journal 31 (1): 27-34, DOI: 10.33256/31.1.2734, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.33256/31.1.2734

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