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Taxonomic status of Pseudophilautus conniffae (Anura: Rhacophoridae) an endemic shrub frog restricted to South-Western wet zone of Sri Lanka

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  • 1. Herpetology Lab, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka & shashika.70@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5661-5976
  • 2. Herpetology Lab, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka & aamasha098@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9962-0416
  • 3. Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka & onlinecss.kelum@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7003-3735
  • 4. Herpetology Lab, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka & himashadhikari96@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5827-8652
  • 5. sonu.premarathne@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6784-2411
  • 6. Herpetology Lab, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka & cshbandara@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5403-8037
  • 7. Herpetology Lab, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka & ushaniperera1996@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0504-071X
  • 8. Herpetology Lab, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka & nayanaw@sci.sjp.ac.lk; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7376-7355

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Abeysekara, Shashika, Samarasinghe, Helani, Manamendra-Arachchi, Kelum, Adhikari, Himash, Premarathne, Sonali, Bandara, Champika, Perera, Ushani, Wijayathilaka, Nayana (2023): Taxonomic status of Pseudophilautus conniffae (Anura: Rhacophoridae) an endemic shrub frog restricted to South-Western wet zone of Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 5258 (1): 130-140, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5258.1.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5258.1.6

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