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An inordinate fondness for inconspicuous brown frogs: integration of phylogenomics, archival DNA analysis, morphology, and bioacoustics yields 24 new taxa in the subgenus Brygoomantis (genus Mantidactylus) from Madagascar
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- Scherz, Mark D.
- Crottini, Angelica1
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Hutter, Carl R.2
- Hildenbrand, Andrea3
- Andreone, Franco4
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Fulgence, Thio Rosin5
- Köhler, Gunther
- Ndriantsoa, Serge Herilala
- Ohler, Annemarie
- Preick, Michaela
- Rakotoarison, Andolalao6
- Rancilhac, Loïs
- Raselimanana, Achille P.6
- Riemann, Jana C.
- Rödel, Mark-Oliver
- Rosa, Gonçalo M.
- Streicher, Jeffrey W.
- Vieites, David R.
- Köhler, Jörn
- Hofreiter, Michael
- Glaw, Frank
- Vences, Miguel
- 1. CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
- 2. Museum of Natural Sciences and Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA Ễcarl.hutter@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6381-6339
- 3. Hauptstr. 13, 82234 Wessling, Germany Ễandrea@gutachten-hildenbrand.de
- 4. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Via G. Giolitti, 36, 10123 Torino, Italy
- 5. Natural and Environmental Sciences, Regional University Centre of the SAVA Region (CURSA), Antalaha, Madagascar Ễthiorosinf@yahoo.fr; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7205-7282
- 6. Mention Zoologie et Biodiversité Animale, Université d'Antananarivo, BP 906, Antananarivo, 101 Madagascar
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Scherz, Mark D., Crottini, Angelica, Hutter, Carl R., Hildenbrand, Andrea, Andreone, Franco, Fulgence, Thio Rosin, Köhler, Gunther, Ndriantsoa, Serge Herilala, Ohler, Annemarie, Preick, Michaela, Rakotoarison, Andolalao, Rancilhac, Loïs, Raselimanana, Achille P., Riemann, Jana C., Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Rosa, Gonçalo M., Streicher, Jeffrey W., Vieites, David R., Köhler, Jörn, Hofreiter, Michael, Glaw, Frank, Vences, Miguel (2022): An inordinate fondness for inconspicuous brown frogs: integration of phylogenomics, archival DNA analysis, morphology, and bioacoustics yields 24 new taxa in the subgenus Brygoomantis (genus Mantidactylus) from Madagascar. Megataxa 7 (2): 113-311, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6687412
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