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Editor, Mr. Santiago Castroviejo (zootaxa.treefrogs@gmail.com) Centrolenidae, Hemiphractidae, Hylidae
Editor, Dr. Jose Padial (zootaxa.terrarana@gmail.com) TERRARANA: Brachycephalidae, Craugastoridae, Eleutherodactylidae, Strabomantidae
Editor, Dr. David Gower (zootaxa.caecilians@gmail.com) caecilians 
Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD UK 
Senior Editor, Dr. Miguel Vences (zootaxa.amphibians@gmail.com); general inquiries and all amphibian groups not covered by the other editors 
Division of Evolutionary Biology, Zoological Institute, Technical University of Braunschweig, Spielmannstr. 8, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany 
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2009

 Article 
Zootaxa 2143: 24-44 (29 Jun. 2009) 10 plates; 57 references                            Accepted: 15 May 2009
 A new species of Hyalinobatrachium (Anura: Centrolenidae) from the Amazonian slopes of the central Andes, with comments on the diversity of the genus in the area
SANTIAGO CASTROVIEJO-FISHER (Sweden), JOSÉ M. PADIAL (Sweden), JUAN C. CHAPARRO (Peru), RODRIGO AGUAYO (Bolivia) & IGNACIO DE LA RIVA (Spain)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2128: 1-38 (9 Jun. 2009) 15 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 30 Apr. 2009
 New species of Cophixalus (Anura: Microhylidae) from Papua New Guinea
FRED KRAUS & ALLEN ALLISON (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2126: 58-68 (5 Jun. 2009) 3 plates; 42 references                            Accepted: 15 May 2009
 The tadpole of Eupsophus nahuelbutensis (Anura: Neobatrachia): external morphology, chondrocranium, and comments on its natural history
JOSÉ J. NUÑEZ (Chile) & CARMEN A. ÚBEDA (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2124: 63-68 (3 Jun. 2009) 3 plates; 22 references                            Accepted: 15 May 2009
 A new species of Gastrophrynoides (Anura: Microhylidae): an addition to a previously monotypic genus and a new genus for Peninsular Malaysia
CHAN KIN ONN (Malaysia), L. LEE GRISMER (USA), NORHAYATI AHMAD (Malaysia) & DAICUS BELABUT (Malaysia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2124: 21-37 (3 Jun. 2009) 11 plates; 35 references                            Accepted: 4 Apr. 2009
 Comparative larval morphology in Madagascan frogs of the genus Mantella (Amphibia: Mantellidae)
OLGA JOVANOVIC, JULIAN GLOS, FRANK GLAW, ROGER-DANIEL RANDRIANIAINA & MIGUEL VENCES (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2123: 46-54 (2 Jun. 2009) 3 plates; 27 references                          Accepted: 12 May 2009
A new species of casque-headed tree frog, genus Aparasphenodon Miranda-Ribeiro (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae), from the Atlantic Rainforest of southern Bahia, Brazil
BRUNO V. S. PIMENTA, MARCELO F. NAPOLI & CÉLIO F. B. HADDAD (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2123: 55-68 (2 Jun. 2009) 7 plates; 15 references                          Accepted: 11 May 2009
A new brevicipitid species (Brevicipitidae: Callulina) from the fragmented forests of the Taita Hills, Kenya
SIMON P. LOADER (Switzerland) , G. JOHN MEASEY (South Africa) , RAFAEL O. DE SÁ (USA) & PATRICK K. MALONZA (Kenya)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2122: 51-68 (1 Jun. 2009) 10 plates; 16 references                          Accepted: 29 Apr. 2009
 Two new species of shrub frogs (Rhacophoridae: Philautus) from the lowlands of Sri Lanka
MADHAVA MEEGASKUMBURA (USA) , KELUM MANAMENDRA-ARACHCHI (Sri Lanka) & ROHAN PETHIYAGODA (Sri Lanka)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2120: 15-26 (28 May 2009) 6 plates; 16 references                          Accepted: 25 Apr. 2009
A new species of Phasmahyla Cruz, 1990 from the Atlantic Forest in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Amphibia, Hylidae, Phyllomedusinae)
ANA MARIA PAULINO TELLES DE CARVALHO-E-SILVA, GUILHERME RAMOS DA SILVA & SERGIO POTSCH DE CARVALHO-E-SILVA (Brazil)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2119: 66-68 (27 May 2009) 1 plates; 5 references                          Accepted: 13 May 2009
Description of the tadpoles of Phyllodytes brevirostris (Anura: Hylidae)
WASHINGTON L. S. VIEIRA, GINDOMAR G. SANTANA, SÔNIA CRISTINA DA NÓBREGA CARNEIRO DOS SANTOS, RÔMULO R. N. ALVES & GENTIL A. PEREIRA-FILHO (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2116: 59-67 (25 May 2009) 3 plates; 31 references                          Accepted: 1 May 2009
Complementary diagnosis of the genus Insuetophrynus (Anura, Cycloramphidae) based on larval characters
FELIPE E. RABANAL & J. RAMON FORMAS (Chile)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2115: 56-64 (22 May 2009) 3 plates; 21 references                          Accepted: 29 Apr. 2009
Rediscovery, resurrection and redescription of Rhinella leptoscelis (Boulenger, 1912) (Anura: Bufonidae)
JOSÉ M. PADIAL (Sweden), JUAN C. CHAPARRO (Peru), JÖRN KÖHLER (Germany) & IGNACIO DE LA RIVA (Spain)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2115: 65-68 (22 May 2009) 1 plates; 19 references                          Accepted: 29 Apr. 2009
The tadpole of Ptychadena schillukorum (Werner, 1908 “1907”) (Amphibia: Anura: Ptychadenidae)
S. GILLES ARMEL NAGO (Benin), BRICE A. SINSIN (Benin) & MARK-OLIVER RÖDEL (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2115: 34-46 (22 May 2009) 7 plates; 12 references                          Accepted: 30 Apr. 2009
Description of two new species of Sphaenorhynchus (Anura, Hylidae) from the State of Espírito Santo, Southeastern Brazil
ULISSES CARAMASCHI, ANTONIO DE PÁDUA ALMEIDA & JOÃO LUIZ GASPARINI (Brazil)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2100: 1-97 (11 May 2009) 19 plates; 183 references                          Accepted: 4 Apr. 2009
 Phylogenetic systematics of Glassfrogs (Amphibia: Centrolenidae) and their sister taxon Allophryne ruthveni
JUAN M. GUAYASAMIN (Ecuador), SANTIAGO CASTROVIEJO-FISHER (Sweden), LINDA TRUEB (USA), JOSÉ AYARZAGÜENA (Spain), MARCO RADA (Colombia) & CARLES VILÀ (Sweden)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2088: 1-14 (1 May 2009) 4 plates; 38 references                          Accepted: 27 Mar. 2009
A new species of dink frog (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae: Diasporus) from Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica
GERARDO CHAVES, ADRIÁN GARCÍA-RODRÍGUEZ, ALEJANDRA MORA & ALEJANDRO LEAL (Costa Rica)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2076: 1-36 (17 Apr. 2009) 4 plates; 14 references                           Accepted: 4 Mar. 2009
Acoustic and morphological identification of the sympatric cricket frogs Acris crepitans and A. gryllus and the disappearance of A. gryllus near the edge of its range
JONATHAN P. MICANCIN & JEFF T. METTE (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2073: 1-21 (16 Apr. 2009) 14 plates; 56 references                           Accepted: 9 Feb. 2009
A new polyploid species of Pleurodema (Anura: Leiuperidae) from Sierra de Comechingones, Córdoba, Argentina and redescription of Pleurodema kriegi (Müller, 1926)
JULIÁN A. VALETTI, NANCY E. SALAS & ADOLFO L. MARTINO (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2071: 61-68 (14 Apr. 2009) 2 plates; 24 references                          Accepted: 12 Mar. 2009
On the generic identity of Odontophrynus moratoi Jim & Caramaschi, 1980 (Anura, Cycloramphidae)
RENATA CECÍLIA AMARO, DANTE PAVAN & MIGUEL TREFAUT RODRIGUES (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2071: 35-49 (14 Apr. 2009) 9 plates; 27 references                          Accepted: 19 Mar. 2009
A new species of Oreophrynella (Anura: Bufonidae) from the Pantepui region of Guyana, with notes on O. macconnelli Boulenger, 1900
PHILIPPE J. R. KOK (Belgium)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2060: 59-68 (1 Apr. 2009) 4 plates; 26 references                           Accepted: 12 Mar. 2009
A new species of the genus Paramesotriton (Caudata: Salamandridae) from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, southern China
YUNKE WU, SEAN M. ROVITO, THEODORE J. PAPENFUSS, JAMES HANKEN (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2051: 1-25 (25 Mar. 2009) 9 plates; 35 references                           Accepted: 6 Jan. 2009
Larval morphology in four species of Hylarana from Vietnam and Thailand with comments on the taxonomy of H. nigrovittata sensu latu (Anura: Ranidae)
ANNA GAWOR, RALF HENDRIX, MIGUEL VENCES, WOLFGANG BÖHME & THOMAS ZIEGLER (Germany)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2049: 67-68 (23 Mar. 2009) 0 plates; 7 references                             Accepted: 9 Feb. 2009
Erythrocyte size as diagnostic character for the identification of live cryptic Odontophrynus americanus and O. cordobae (Anura: Cycloramphidae)
GRENAT, P. SALAS, N. E. & MARTINO, A. L. (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2049: 1-38 (23 Mar. 2009) 17 plates; 51 references                           Accepted: 9 Feb. 2009
Complicated histories: three new species of poison frogs of the genus Ameerega (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from north-central Peru
JASON L. BROWN & EVAN TWOMEY (USA)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2044: 61-64 (18 Mar. 2009) 3 plates; 5 references                           Accepted: 9 Feb. 2009
Remarks on “A new Phyllomedusa Wagler (Anura, Hylidae) with reticulated pattern on flanks from Southeastern Brazil”
REUBER ALBUQUERQUE BRANDÃO & GUILHERME FAJARDO R. ÁLVARES (Brasil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2044: 23-45 (18 Mar. 2009) 10 plates; 91 references                           Accepted: 9 Feb. 2009
A new tree-frog genus and species from Ivory Coast, West Africa (Amphibia: Anura: Hyperoliidae)
MARK-OLIVER RÖDEL(Germany), JOACHIM KOSUCH (Germany), T. ULMAR GRAFE (Brunei), RENAUD BOISTEL (Framce), N. EMMANUEL ASSEMIAN (Africa), N’GORAN G. KOUAMÉ (Africa), BLAYDA TOHÉ (Africa), GERMAIN GOURÈNE (Africa), JEAN-LUC PERRET (Switzerland), KLAUS HENLE (Germany), PAUL TAFFOREAU (Framce), NICOLAS POLLET (France) & MICHAEL VEITH (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2030: 1-20 (9 Mar. 2009) 9 plates; 64 references                           Accepted: 9 Feb. 2009
A new species of Telmatobius (Anura, Ceratophryidae) from Northern Jujuy Province, Argentina
J. SEBASTIÁN BARRIONUEVO & DIEGO BALDO (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2025: 56-68 (2 Mar. 2009) 7 plates; 20 references                           Accepted: 22 Jan. 2009
New conditions and intraspecific variations in hand and foot muscles in Pristimantis bogotensis (Peters, 1863) (Amphibia:Anura: Strabomantidae) 
LINA SALGAR, JULIO MARIO HOYOS, & ANDRÉS ACOSTA (South America)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2024: 33-55 (2 Mar. 2009) 4 plates; 129 references                           Accepted: 22 Jan. 2009
Geographic distribution of the genus Pleurodema in Argentina (Anura: Leiuperidae)
DAIANA P. FERRARO & M. DOLORES CASAGRANDA (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2021: 23-41 (27 Feb. 2009) 8 plates; 40 references                           Accepted: 21 Jan. 2009
Descriptions of the tadpoles of seven species of Malagasy treefrogs, genus Boophis
ROGER-DANIEL RANDRIANIAINA (Germany), LILIANE RAHARIVOLOLONIAINA (Madagascar), CLAUDIA PREUSS (Germany), AXEL STRAUß (Germany), FRANK GLAW, (Germany) MEIKE TESCHKE (Germany), JULIAN GLOS (Germany), NOROMALALA RAMINOSO (Madagascar), MIGUEL VENCES (Germany)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2016: 67-68 (20 Feb. 2009) 1 plates; 6 references                           Accepted: 22 Jan. 2009
Description of the tadpole of Hylarana aurantiaca ( Anura:Ranidae) from Sri Lanka
KANISHKA D.B. UKUWELA (Sri Lanka)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2005: 67-68 (9 Feb. 2009) 4 plates; 19 references                           Accepted: 27 Nov. 2008
 The tadpole of the Madagascar Bullfrog, Laliostoma labrosum
HEIKE SCHMIDT, FRANK GLAW, MEIKE TESCHKE & MIGUEL VENCES (GERMANY)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2005: 1-23 (9 Feb. 2009) 0 plates; 53 references                           Accepted: 17 Dec. 2008
A checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: Additions and nomenclatural revisions
JAY M. SAVAGE & FEDERICO BOLAÑOS (Costa Rica)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1990: 30-40 (30 Jan. 2009) 4 plates; 16 references                           Accepted: 10 Dec. 2008
 A new species of Pristimantis (Anura: Strabomantidae) from the Amazonian lowlands of northern Peru (Region Loreto and San Martín)
EDGAR LEHR (Germany), ALESSANDRO CATENAZZI (USA) & DANIEL RODRÍGUEZ (Peru)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1988: 48-60 (27 Jan. 2009) 5 plates; 20 references                           Accepted: 8 Dec. 2008
 Description of tadpoles of five frog species in the subgenus Brygoomantis from Madagascar (Mantellidae: Mantidactylus)
HEIKE SCHMIDT, AXEL STRAUß, FRANK GLAW, MEIKE TESCHKE & MIGUEL VENCES (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1988: 1-16 (27 Jan. 2009) 7 plates; 26 references                           Accepted: 22 Oct. 2008
Redescription of Allobates brunneus (Cope) 1887 (Anura: Aromobatidae: Allobatinae), with a description of the tadpole, call, and reproductive behavior
ALBERTINA P. LIMA (Brazil), JANALEE P. CALDWELL (USA) & CHRISTINE STRUSSMANN (Brazil)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1986: 67-68 (23 Jan. 2009) 1 plates; 6 references                           Accepted: 8 Dec. 2008
 The tadpole of the toadlet Scaphiophryne marmorata from Madagascar
STÉPHANE GROSJEAN (France) & MIGUEL VENCES (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1981: 57-68 (16 Jan. 2009) 5 plates; 12 references                           Accepted: 15 Dec. 2008
Two new species of montane web-footed salamanders (Plethodontidae: Bolitoglossa) from the Costa Rica-Panamá border region
FEDERICO BOLAÑOS (Costa Rica) & DAVID B. WAKE (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1980: 16-28 (16 Jan. 2009) 6 plates; 42 references                           Accepted: 25 Nov. 2008
Species status of Centrolene lema Duellman and Señaris, 2003 (Amphibia: Centrolenidae) revealed by Integrative Taxonomy
SANTIAGO CASTROVIEJO-FISHER (Sweden), JUAN M. GUAYASAMIN (Ecuador) & PHILIPPE J. R. KOK (Belgium)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1975: 58-68 (12 Jan. 2009) 6 plates; 13 references                           Accepted: 23 Oct. 2008
 A new species of Trachycephalus (Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae) from the State of Goiás, Brazil
CARLOS EDUARDO DOMINGOS CINTRA, HÉLDER LÚCIO RODRIGUES SILVA, NELSON JORGE DA SILVA JR., PAULO CHRISTIANO DE ANCHIETTA GARCIA & HUSSAM ZAHER (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1970: 52-63 (5 Jan. 2009) 7 plates; 22 references                           Accepted: 17 Nov. 2008
 A new cryptic Phrynobatrachus species (Amphibia: Anura: Phrynobatrachidae) from Ghana, West Africa
MARK-OLIVER RÖDEL (Germany), CALEB OFORI BOATENG (Ghana), JOHANNES PENNER (Germany) & ANNIKA HILLERS (The Netherlands)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1969: 1-35 (5 Jan. 2009) 9 plates; 118 references                           Accepted: 30 Oct. 2008
The tadpoles and advertisement calls of Pleurodema bibroni Tschudi and Pleurodema kriegi (Müller), with notes on their geographic distribution and conservation status (Amphibia, Anura, Leiuperidae)
FRANCISCO KOLENC (Uruguay), CLAUDIO BORTEIRO (Uruguay) , DIEGO BALDO (Argeninta), DAIANA P. FERRARO (Argentina) & CARLOS PRIGIONI (Uruguay)
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2008

 Article 
Zootaxa 1962: 33-48 (12 Dec. 2008) 5 plates; 28 references                        Accepted: 30 Oct. 2008
Maluti Mystery: A systematic review of Amietia vertebralis (Hewitt, 1927) and Strongylopus hymenopus (Boulenger, 1920) (Anura: Pyxicephalidae)
JEANNE TARRANT, MICHAEL J. CUNNINGHAM & LOUIS H. DU PREEZ (South Africa)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1947: 39-52 (1 Dec. 2008) 9 plates; 21 references                           Accepted: 3 Nov. 2008
A new species of narrow-mouthed frog of the genus Chiasmocleis Méhelÿ 1904 (Anura, Microhylidae) from the Amazonian rainforest of Brazil
 PEDRO LUIZ VIEIRA PELOSO & MARCELO JOSÉ STURARO (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1947: 53-67 (1 Dec. 2008) 6 plates; 40 references                          Accepted: 16 Oct. 2008
A new species of Trachycephalus (Anura: Hylidae) from the Atlantic Rain Forest in southern Brazil
 AXEL KWET (Germany) & MIRCO SOLÉ (Brazil)
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 Erratum 
Zootaxa 1947: 68 (1 Dec. 2008) 
Erratum—Duellman, W. E. & Chaparro, J. C. (2008) Zootaxa, 1918, 12–25.
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1945: 39-50 (28 Nov. 2008) 3 plates; 57 references                       Accepted: 23 Oct. 2008
Allozyme differentiation among populations of the Pyrenean newt Calotriton asper (Amphibia: Caudata) does not mirror their morphological diversification
 ALBERT MONTORI; GUSTAVO A. LLORENTE & MARIO GARCÍA-PARÍS (Spain)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1942: 1-68 (26 Nov. 2008) 19 plates; 156 references                        Accepted: 4 Aug. 2008
Herpetological results of the 2002 expedition to Sarisariñama, a tepui in Venezuelan Guayana, with the description of five new species
CESAR L. BARRIO-AMOROS & CHARLES BREWER-CARIAS (Venezuela)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1940: 16-24 (24 Nov. 2008) 4 plates; 19 references                        Accepted: 1 Oct. 2008
A new species of Cosmocercella parasite of Diaglena spatulata and Triprion petasatus (Anura: Hylidae) from Mexico, based on new morphological information for the genus
 ROSARIO MATA-LÓPEZ, SERGIO GUILLÉN-HERNÁNDEZ & VIRGINIA LEÓN-RÈGAGNON (Mexico)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1939: 10-18 (21 Nov. 2008) 4 plates; 25 references                       Accepted: 3 Nov. 2008
A new species of Uperoleia (Anura: Myobatrachidae) from the northwest Kimberley, Western Australia
PAUL DOUGHTY & J. DALE ROBERTS (Australia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1938: 40-60 (21 Nov. 2008) 16 plates; 75 references                     Accepted: 22 Oct. 2008
Larval anatomy of Andean tadpoles of Telmatobius (Anura: Ceratophryidae) from Northwestern Argentina
M. FLORENCIA VERA CANDIOTI (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1938: 61-68 (21 Nov. 2008) 4 plates; 16 references                     Accepted: 23 Oct. 2008
A third species of the rare frog genus Holoaden (Terrarana, Strabomantidae) from a montane rainforest area of southeastern Brazil
JOSÉ P. POMBAL JR., CARLA C. SIQUEIRA, THIAGO A. DORIGO, DAVOR VRCIBRADIC & CARLOS FREDERICO D. ROCHA (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1930: 1-17  (12 Nov. 2008) 5 plates; 28 references                               Accepted: 16 Oct. 2008
Description of a new divergent lineage and three new species of Honduran salamanders of the genus Oedipina (Caudata, Plethodontidae)
JAMES R. MCCRANIE, DAVID R. VIEITES, & DAVID B. WAKE (USA)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1927: 1-66 (7 Nov. 2008) 20 plates; 99 references                           Accepted: 4 Aug. 2008
 Comparative larval morphology of eight species of Hypsiboas Wagler (Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae) from Argentina and Uruguay, with a review of the larvae of this genus
FRANCISCO KOLENC (Uruguay),  CLAUDIO BORTEIRO (Uruguay), LEANDRO ALCALDE  (Argentina), DIEGO BALDO (Argentina), DARIO CARDOZO (Argentina) & JULIÁN FAIVOVICH (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1925: 1-13 (7 Nov. 2008) 4 plates; 41 references                           Accepted: 1 Oct. 2008
A new species of the genus Philautus (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from the Truong Son Range, Quang Binh Province, central Vietnam
 NGUYEN QUANG TRUONG (Vietnam), RALF HENDRIX (Germany), WOLFGANG BÖHME (Germany), VU NGOC THANH (Vietnam) & THOMAS ZIEGLER (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1921: 24-34 (3 Nov. 2008) 2 plates; 35 references                           Accepted: 4 Aug. 2008
 Rediscovery of a long known species, Ixalus lateralis Anderson, 1871
L. NZANO HUMTSOE (India), SABITRY BORDOLOI (India), ANNEMARIE OHLER (France) & ALAIN DUBOIS (France)
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Zootaxa 1918: 1-12 (29 Oct. 2008) 4 plates; 32 references                             Accepted: 16 Sept. 2008
Diversity of small Amazonian Dendropsophus (Anura: Hylidae): another new species from northern Bolivia
 JIRI MORAVEC (Czech), JAMES APARICIO (Bolivia), MARCELO GUERRERO-REINHARD (Bolivia), GONZALO CALDERON (Bolivia) & JORN KOHLER (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1918: 12-25 (29 Oct. 2008) 4 plates; 20 references                             Accepted: 8 Sept. 2008
 Two distinctive new species of Pristimantis (Anura: Strabomantidae) from the Cordillera Oriental with a distributional synopsis of strabomantids in Central Peru
WILLIAM E. DUELLMAN (USA) & JUAN CARLOS CHAPARRO (Peru)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1914: 34-44 (24 Oct. 2008) 5 plates; 28 references                       Accepted: 17 Sept. 2008
New coastal and insular species of the bromeligenous Scinax perpusillus group, from the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Anura, Hylidae)
 HELIO RICARDO DA SILVA & RICARDO ALVES- SILVA (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1914: 45-56 (24 Oct. 2008) 6 plates; 13 references                       Accepted: 16 Sept. 2008
A new species of Nyctibatrachus Boulenger (Amphibia: Anura: Nyctibatrachidae) from the surroundings of Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats, India
K.P. DINESH, C. RADHAKRISHNAN & GOPALAKRISHNA BHATTA (India)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1908: 41-50 (17 Oct. 2008) 5 plates; 19 references                            Accepted: 16 Sept. 2008
A new species of Oreobates (Anura: Strabomantidae) from the Andes of northern Argentina
MARCOS VAIRA & LILIANA FERRARI (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1907: 61-68 (17 Oct. 2008) 3 plates; 17 references                           Accepted: 1 Oct. 2008
A new species of marsupial frog of the genus Gastrotheca Fitzinger (Anura: Amphignatodontidae) from the State of Bahia, Northeastern Brazil
Flora ACUÑA JUNCÁ & IVAN NUNES (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1888: 47-68 (29 Sept. 2008) 8 plates; 37 references                           Accepted: 18 Aug. 2008
 Two new frogs of the genus Platymantis (Anura: Ceratobatrachidae) from the Isabel Island group, Solomon Islands
RAFE M. BROWN (USA) & STEPHEN J. RICHARDS (Australia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1884: 36-50 (24 Sept. 2008) 10 plates; 14 references                           Accepted: 3 Sept. 2008
 A new species of Adelophryne (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae) from Guyana, with additional data on A. gutturosa
ROSS D. MACCULLOCH (Canada), AMY LATHROP (Canada), PHILIPPE J.R. KOK (Belgium), LESLIE R. MINTER (South Africa), SAMIR Z. KHAN (Guyana) & CÉSAR L. BARRIO-AMORÓS (Venezuela)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1884: 51-59 (24 Sept. 2008) 3 plates; 32 references                           Accepted: 18 Aug. 2008
Foam-generating behaviour in tadpoles of Leptodactylus latinasus (Amphibia, Leptodactylidae): significance in systematics
MARÍA LAURA PONSSA & J. SEBASTIÁN BARRIONUEVO (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1883: 28-68 (24 Sept. 2008) 22 plates; 70 references                           Accepted: 5 Aug. 2008
 A taxonomic revision of frogs of the genus Cryptobatrachus (Anura: Hemiphractidae)
JOHN D. LYNCH (Colombia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1861: 44-54 (1 Sep. 2008) 4 plates; 28 references                             Accepted: 4 Aug. 2008
A new species of Leptodactylus Fitzinger (Anura, Leptodactylidae) from Serra do Brigadeiro, State of Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil
ULISSES CARAMASCHI, RENATO N. FEIO & VINÍCIUS A. SÃO-PEDRO (BRAZIL)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1860: 51-59 (1 Sep. 2008) 5 plates; 45 references                             Accepted: 4 Aug. 2008
Chromosomal analysis of three Brazilian "eleutherodactyline" frogs (Anura: Terrarana), with suggestion of a new species
SÉRGIO SIQUEIRA, ODAIR AGUIAR JR, CHRISTINE STRÜSSMANN, MARIA LÚCIA DEL-GRANDE, SHIRLEI MARIA RECCO-PIMENTEL (Brazil)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1857: 66-68 (27 Aug. 2008) 1 plates; 10 references                             Accepted: 4 Aug. 2008
The tadpole of the bamboo–breeding poison frog Ranitomeya biolat (Anura: Dendrobatidae)
RUDOLF VON MAY (USA), MARGARITA MEDINA–MÜLLER (Peru), MAUREEN A. DONNELLY (USA) & KYLE SUMMERS (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1843: 24-34 (6 Aug. 2008) 2 plates; 32 references                              Accepted: 26 Jun. 2008
Detection of two cryptic taxa in Meristogenys amoropalamus (Amphibia, Ranidae) through nuclear and mitochondrial DNA analyses
TOMOHIKO SHIMADA (Japan), MASAFUMI MATSUI (Japan), PAUL YAMBUN (Malaysia), MAKLARIN LAKIM (Malaysia) & MARYATI MOHAMED (Malaysia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1828: 18-28 (23 Jul. 2008) 5 plates; 15 references                              Accepted: 16 Jun. 2008
A new species of Osornophryne (Anura: Bufonidae) from the Andean highlands of northern Ecuador
Andrew G. Gluesenkamp (USA) & Juan M. Guayasamin (Ecuador)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1826: 1-25 (21 Jul. 2008) 2 plates; 31 references                              Accepted: 26 Jun. 2008
Review and analysis of altitudinal distribution of the Andean anurans in Colombia
MANUEL HERNANDO BERNAL & JOHN D. LYNCH (Colombia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1823: 42-50 (16 Jul. 2008) 5 plates; 16 references                              Accepted: 4 Jun. 2008
A new, long-standing misidentified species of Psychrophrynella Hedges, Duellman & Heinicke from Departamento Cusco, Peru (Anura: Strabomantidae)
IGNACIO DE LA RIVA (Spain), JUAN C. CHAPARRO (Peru) & JOSE M. PADIAL (Spain)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1823: 1-24 (16 Jul. 2008) 11 plates; 16 references                              Accepted: 10 Jun. 2008
Revision of the Ranitomeya fantastica species complex with description of two new species from Central Peru (Anura: Dendrobatidae)
JASON L. BROWN (USA), EVAN TWOMEY (USA), MARK PEPPER (Canada) & MANUEL SANCHEZ RODRIGUEZ (Peru)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1820: 67-68 (9 Jul. 2008) 0 plates; 5 references                              Accepted: 4 Jun. 2008
"Frog Search": Synonymy of Phrynobatrachus nigripes Pickersgill, 2007, plus other comments and corrections
MARTIN PICKERSGILL (UK)
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Zootaxa 1820: 49-59 (9 Jul. 2008) 6 plates; 16 references                              Accepted: 7 May 2008
A new frog species (Strabomantidae: Pristimantis) from the High Andes of Southeastern Ecuador
MARTIN R. BUSTAMANTE (Ecuador) & JOSEPH R. MENDELSON III (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1815: 43-50 (4 Jul. 2008) 2 plates; 23 references                              Accepted: 4 Jun. 2008
A new species of Phrynobatrachus (Amphibia: Anura: Phrynobatrachidae) from north-western Guinea, West Africa
ANNIKA HILLERS (The Netherlands), BREDA ZIMKUS (USA) & MARK-OLIVER RODEL (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1815: 25-34 (4 Jul. 2008) 3 plates; 30 references                              Accepted: 9 Jun. 2008
Taxonomic identity of Cochranella petersi Goin, 1961 and Centrolenella ametarsia Flores, 1987
JUAN M. GUAYASAMIN (Ecuador), DIEGO F. CISNEROS-HEREDIA (UK) & SANTIAGO CASTROVIEJO-FISHER (Sweden)
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Zootaxa 1814: 58-68 (2 Jul. 2008) 6 plates; 22 references                              Accepted: 26 May 2008
A new Pristimantis (Anura, Strabomantidae) from Yuruani-tepui, Venezuela
DENNIS RODDER & KARL-HEINZ JUNGFER (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1814: 37-48 (2 Jul. 2008) 5 plates; 18 references                              Accepted: 14 May 2008
Two additional treefrogs of the Boophis ulftunni species group (Anura: Mantellidae) discovered in rainforests of northern and south-eastern Madagascar
JORN KOHLER, FRANK GLAW & MIGUEL VENCES (Germany)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1812: 46-48 (30 Jun. 2008) 1 plates; 6 references                              Accepted: 4 Jun. 2008
An unexpected Rhombophryne record at Tsingy de Bemaraha confirms the presence of cophyline frogs in western Madagascar
F. ANDREONE (Italy) & J. E. RANDRIANIRINA (Madagascar)
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Zootaxa 1807: 26-46 (23 Jun. 2008) 6 plates; 28 references                              Accepted: 29 Apr. 2008
A new species of big-headed, fanged dicroglossine frog (Genus Limnonectes) from Thailand
DAVID S. McLEOD (USA)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1795: 67-68 (13 Jun. 2008) 0 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 12 May 2008
A replacement name for Isodactylus Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008
S. BLAIR HEDGES, WILLIAM E. DUELLMAN & MATTHEW P. HEINICKE (USA)
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Zootaxa 1795: 46-56 (13 Jun. 2008) 5 plates; 31 references                              Accepted: 8 May 2008
A new species of Leptodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from the Atlantic Forest of Sao Paulo State, Brazil
BIANCA VON MULLER BERNECK, CAROLINA ORTIZ ROCHA DA COSTA & PAULO CHRISTIANO DE ANCHIETTA GARCIA (Brazil)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1792: 67-68 (12 Jun. 2008) 1 plates; 10 references                              Accepted: 8 May 2008
The casque-headed tree-frog Corythomantis greeningi: clarifying some points on its biology
CARLOS JARED & MARTA MARIA ANTONIAZZI (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1784: 1-10 (6 Jun. 2008) 4 plates; 14 references                              Accepted: 4 Apr. 2008
A new species of Bryophryne (Anura: Strabomantidae) from southern Peru
EDGAR LEHR (Germany) & ALESSANDRO CATENAZZI (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1784: 11-38 (6 Jun. 2008) 8 plates; 53 references                              Accepted: 9 Apr. 2008
Three new species of leaflitter frogs from the upper Amazon forests: cryptic diversity within Pristimantis "ockendeni" (Anura: Strabomantidae) in Ecuador
Kathryn R. Elmer (Germany) & David C. Cannatella (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1780: 55-68 (30 May 2008) 5 plates; 42 references                              Accepted: 3 Apr. 2008
A new species of clawed frog (genus Xenopus) from the Itombwe Massif, Democratic Republic of the Congo: implications for DNA barcodes and biodiversity conservation
BEN J. EVANS (Canada), TIMOTHY F. CARTER (Canada), MARTHA L. TOBIAS (USA), DARCY B. KELLEY (USA), ROBERT HANNER (Canada) & RICHARD C. TINSLEY (UK)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1775: 51-60 (23 May 2008) 5 plates; 12 references                              Accepted: 9 Apr. 2008
A new species of Paramesotriton (Caudata: Salamandridae) from Guizhou Province, China
HAITAO ZHAO, JING CHE, WEIWEI ZHOU, YONGXIANG CHEN, HAIPENG ZHAO & YA-PING ZHANG (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1771: 43-53 (19 May 2008) 6 plates; 37 references                              Accepted: 16 Apr. 2008
A new species of the genus Alsodes (Anura: Neobatrachia) from the Nothofagus forest, Coastal Range, Southern Chile, identified by its karyotype
CESAR C. CUEVAS P. (Chile)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1761: 49-58 (2 May 2008) 6 plates; 17 references                              Accepted: 3 Apr. 2008
Two sympatric new species of Phrynopus (Anura: Strabomantidae) from Yanachaga Chemillen National Park (central Peruvian Andes)
JUAN C. CHAPARRO (Peru), JOSE M. PADIAL (Spain) & IGNACIO DE LA RIVA (Spain)
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Zootaxa 1761: 59-68 (2 May 2008) 4 plates; 47 references                              Accepted: 5 Apr. 2008
A large and enigmatic new eleutherodactyline frog (Anura, Strabomantidae) from Serra do Sincora Espinhaco range, Northeastern Brazil
JOSE CASSIMIRO, VANESSA K. VERDADE & MIGUEL T. RODRIGUES (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1760: 50-58 (30 Apr. 2008) 3 plates; 31 references                              Accepted: 5 Apr. 2008
Re-description of the tadpole of Pseudopaludicola falcipes (Anura: Leiuperidae), with comments on larval diversity of the genus
GABRIEL LAUFER & JUAN M. BARRENECHE (Uruguay)
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Zootaxa 1757: 49-65 (28 Apr. 2008) 6 plates; 34 references                              Accepted: 10 Mar. 2008
A partial revision of the Ameerega hahneli complex (Anura: Dendrobatidae) and a new cryptic species from the East-Andean versant of Central Peru
Evan Twomey & JASON L. BROWN (USA)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1737: 1-182 (31 Mar. 2008) 58 plates; 267 references                           Accepted: 9 Jan. 2008
New World direct-developing frogs (Anura: Terrarana): Molecular phylogeny, classification, biogeography, and conservation
S. BLAIR HEDGES, WILLIAM E. DUELLMAN, & MATTHEW P. HEINICKE (USA)
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Zootaxa 1697: 58-68 (5 Feb. 2008) 4 plates; 47 references                              Accepted: 28 Dec. 2007
A new giant species of Arthroleptis (Amphibia: Anura: Arthroleptidae) from the Krokosua Hills Forest Reserve, south-western Ghana
RAFFAEL ERNST (Germany), ALEX C. AGYEI (Ghana) & MARK-OLIVER RODEL (Germany)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1691: 67-68 (29 Jan. 2008) 1 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 20 Dec. 2007
Using DNA barcodes to assess identity and diversity of Dendropsophus minutus: Failure?
M. ALEX SMITH (Canada)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1686: 48-56 (21 Jan. 2008) 3 plates; 26 references                              Accepted: 10 Dec. 2007
Is a dwarf population of Corythomantis greeningi Boulenger, 1896 (Anura, Hylidae) a new species?
F.A. JUNCA, M.C.L. CARNEIRO & N.N. RODRIGUES (Brazil)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1685: 67-68 (21 Jan. 2008) 0 plates; 13 references                              Accepted: 23 Nov. 2007
The taxonomic status of Phyllonastes Heyer and Phrynopus peruvianus (Noble) (Lissamphibia, Anura): resurrection of Noblella Barbour
 IGNACIO DE LA RIVA  (Spain), JUAN C. CHAPARRO  (Peru) & JOSé M. PADIAL (Spain)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1684: 58-68 (18 Jan. 2008) 4 plates; 8 references                              Accepted: 29 Nov. 2007
Pretty in pink: A new treefrog species of the genus Boophisfrom North-Eastern Madagascar
 K. C. WOLLENBERG (Germany), F. ANDREONE (Italy), F. GLAW (Germany) & M. VENCES (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1680: 25-53 (14 Jan. 2008) 4 plates; 75 references                              Accepted: 16 Nov. 2007
Glassfrogs (Anura: Centrolenidae) of Kaieteur National Park, Guyana, with notes on the distribution and taxonomy of some species of the family in the Guiana Shield
Philippe J. R. Kok (Belgium & SANTIAGO CASTROVIEJO-FISHER (Sweden)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1680: 55-58 (14 Jan. 2008) 2 plates; 10 references                              Accepted: 2 Nov. 2007
Tadpole and vocalizations of Chiasmocleis hudsoni (Anura, Microhylidae) in Central Amazonia, Brazil
DOMINGOS J. RODRIGUES, MARCELO MENIN, ALBERTINA P. LIMA & KARL S. MOKROSS (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1675: 1-30 (9 Jan. 2008) 9 plates; 24 references                              Accepted: 11 Nov. 2007
A new North American chorus frog species (Amphibia: Hylidae: Pseudacris) from the south-central United States
EMILY MORIARTY LEMMON, ALAN R. LEMMON, JOSEPH T. COLLINS & DAVID C. CANNATELLA (USA)
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Zootaxa 1675: 59-66 (9 Jan. 2008) 1 plates; 24 references                              Accepted: 14 Dec. 2007
Two new minute species of Phrynopus (Lissamphibia: Anura) from the Cordillera oriental in Peru
WILLIAM E. DUELLMAN & S. BLAIR HEDGES (USA)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1675: 67-68 (9 Jan. 2008) 1 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 29 Nov. 2007
The tadpole of the Narrow-mouthed Frog Microhyla fissipes from Vietnam (Anura: Microhylidae)
RALF HENDRIX, ANNA GAWOR, MIGUEL VENCES & THOMAS ZIEGLER (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1674: 51-57 (7 Jan. 2008) 4 plates; 12 references                              Accepted: 16 Nov. 2007
A new peculiar frog species of the genus Pristimantis from Yanachaga-Chemillen National Park, Peru
GIOVANNI BOANO, STEFANO MAZZOTTI & ROBERTO SINDACO (Italy)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1666: 43-51 (19 Dec. 2007)  5 plates; 26 references                            Accepted: 21 Nov. 2007
A new species of Ischnocnema (Anura: Eleutherodactylinae) from open areas of the Cerrado Biome in southeastern Brazil
ARIOVALDO ANTONIO GIARETTA, DANIEL TOFFOLI & LUCIANO ELIAS OLIVEIRA (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1662: 53-59 (17 Dec. 2007)  4 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 16 Nov. 2007
A new species of Rhaebo (Anura: Bufonidae) from the Cordillera Occidental of Colombia
JONH JAIRO MUESES-CISNEROS (Colombia)
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Zootaxa 1662: 1-14 (17 Dec. 2007)  7 plates; 20 references                            Accepted: 4 Nov. 2007
A new species of arboreal Rhinella (Anura: Bufonidae) from Yanachaga-Chemillen National Park in central Peru
EDGAR LEHR (Germany), JENNIFER B. PRAMUK (USA), S. BLAIR HEDGES (USA) & JESUS H. CORDOVA (Peru)
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Zootaxa 1663: 59-65 (17 Dec. 2007)  3 plates; 16 references                            Accepted: 4 Nov. 2007
Description of the tadpole of Hylomantis granulosa (Anura: Hylidae)
FILIPE AUGUSTO CAVALCANTI DO NASCIMENTO & GABRIEL OMAR SKUK (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1663: 1-15 (17 Dec. 2007)  6 plates; 32 references                            Accepted: 8 Nov. 2007
A new species of Rhinella (Anura: Bufonidae) from Brazilian Amazon
ALBERTINA P. LIMA, MARCELO MENIN & MARIA CARMOZINA DE ARAUJO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1663: 17-32 (17 Dec. 2007)  6 plates; 26 references                            Accepted: 4 Nov. 2007
Description of two new species of Rhinella (Anura: Bufonidae) from the lowlands of the Guiana shield
Antoine Fouquet (New Zealand), Philippe Gaucher (Guyane), Michel Blanc (Guyane), Claudia M. VElez-Rodriguez (Chile)
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Zootaxa 1658: 39-55 (11 Dec. 2007)  7 plates; 37 references                            Accepted: 21 Oct. 2007
Three New Malodorous Rainfrogs of the Genus Pristimantis (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from the Wokomung Massif in west-central Guyana, South America
D. BRUCE MEANS & JAY M. SAVAGE (USA)
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Zootaxa 1658: 57-68 (11 Dec. 2007)  8 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 5 Nov. 2007
A new species of Sphaenorhynchus (Anura; Hylidae) from Brazil
LUIS FELIPE TOLEDO, PAULO C. A. GARCIA, RODRIGO LINGNAU & CELIO F. B. HADDAD (Brasil)
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Zootaxa 1653: 1-20 (3 Dec. 2007)  5 plates; 30 references                            Accepted: 11 Oct. 2007
Systematics of the genus Rhacophorus (Amphibia, Anura): identity of red-webbed forms and description of a new species from Assam
SABITRY BORDOLOI (India), TUTUL BORTAMULI (India) & ANNEMARIE OHLER (France)
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Zootaxa 1639: 41-55 (16 Nov. 2007)  7 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 18 Oct. 2007
Two new species of Platymantis (Anura: Ceratobatrachidae) from the Admiralty Archipelago, Papua New Guinea
Stephen J. Richards (Australia), ANDREW L. MACK (USA) & CHRISTOPHER C. AUSTIN (USA)
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Zootaxa 1638: 1-20 (14 Nov. 2007)  6 plates; 69 references                            Accepted: 8 Oct. 2007
Redescription of the tadpoles of three species of frogs from Uruguay (Amphibia: Anura: Leiuperidae and Leptodactylidae), with notes on natural history
CLAUDIO BORTEIRO & FRANCISCO KOLENC (Uruguay)
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Zootaxa 1638: 59-68 (14 Nov. 2007)  6 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 3 Sep. 2007
A new species of poison frog (Amphibia: Dendrobatidae) from the Andean mountains of Tolima, Colombia
MANUEL HERNANDO BERNAL, VICTOR FABIO LUNA-MORA,OSCAR GALLEGO & ALONSO QUEVEDO (Colombia)
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Zootaxa 1627: 23-39 (31 Oct. 2007)  8 plates; 34 references                            Accepted: 17 Sep. 2007
A large new species of Rhinella (Anura: Bufonidae) from Cerrado of Brazil
NATAN M. MACIEL, REUBER A. BRANDAO, LEANDRO A. CAMPOS,& ANTONIO SEBBEN (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1623: 39-46 (26 Oct. 2007)  3 plates; 20 references                            Accepted: 18 Sep. 2007
Tadpole and advertisement call of Physalaemus erythros Caramaschi, Feio & Guimaraes-Neto, 2003 (Amphibia, Anura, Leiuperidae)
DELIO BAETA, ANA CAROLINA CALIJORNE LOURENCO & LUCIANA BARRETO NASCIMENTO (Brasil)
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Zootaxa 1621: 1-16 (23 Oct. 2007)  1 plates; 20 references                            Accepted: 3 Sep. 2007
A new species of Philautus Gistel (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from southern Western Ghats, India
KOTAMBYLU VASUDEVA GURURAJA, K. P. DINESH, MUHAMED JAFER PALOT, C. RADHAKRISHNAN & T.V. RAMACHANDRA (India)
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Zootaxa 1621: 45-54 (23 Oct. 2007)  2 plates; 10 references                            Accepted: 6 Sep. 2007
A new species of the Pristimantis orestes Group (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from the Cordillera Occidental in northern Peru
EDGAR LEHR & GUNTHER KOHLER (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1618: 61-68 (19 Oct. 2007)  6 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 17 Sep. 2007
A new species of Phrynopus from Departamento Cusco, southern Peru (Anura: Brachycephalidae)
JUAN C. CHAPARRO (Peru), IGNACIO DE LA RIVA (Spain), JOSE M. PADIAL (Spain), JOSE A. OCHOA (Peru) & EDGAR LEHR (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1616: 49-59 (17 Oct. 2007)  4 plates; 20 references                            Accepted: 24 Aug. 2007
Larval morphology in four species of Madagascan frogs of the subgenus Brygoomantis (Mantellidae: Mantidactylus)
ANGELIKA KNOLL, JORN KOHLER, FRANK GLAW, MEIKE TESCHKE & MIGUEL VENCES (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1614: 31-41 (15 Oct. 2007)  5 plates; 18 references                            Accepted: 30 Aug. 2007
A new Phyllomedusa Wagler (Anura, Hylidae) with reticulated pattern on flanks from Southeastern Brazil
ARIOVALDO A. GIARETTA, JULIO C. DE OLIVEIRA FILHO & MARCELO N. DE C. KOKUBUM (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1612: 45-53 (10 Oct. 2007)  4 plates; 25 references                            Accepted: 24 Aug. 2007
A new species of Scinax (Anura, Hylidae) of the S. ruber clade from Minas Gerais, Brazil
LEANDRO DE OLIVEIRA DRUMMOND, DELIO BAETA & MARIA RITA SILVERIO PIRES (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1608: 1-10 (5 Oct. 2007)  5 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 29 Aug. 2007
A redescription of Leptodactylus jolyi Sazima and Bokermann (Anura, Leptodactylidae) and the recognition of a new closely related species
Ariovaldo A. Giaretta & HUGO C. M. COSTA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1605: 59-67 (1 Oct. 2007)  5 plates; 30 references                            Accepted: 24 Aug. 2007
A new species of Chiasmocleis (Anura: Microhylidae) from the Iquitos region, Amazonian Peru, with possible direct development
JIRI MORAVEC (Czech Republic) & JORN KOHLER (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1600: 1-175 (28 Sep. 2007)  80 plates; 267 references                           Accepted: 3 Aug. 2007
Anatomy of anuran tadpoles from lentic water bodies: systematic relevance and correlation with feeding habits
M. FLORENCIA VERA CANDIOTI (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1595: 31-41 (26 Sep. 2007)  2 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 18 Aug. 2007
A new species of Nyctibatrachus Boulenger (Amphibia: Anura: Nyctibatrachidae) from the Eravikulam National Park, Kerala, India
C. RADHAKRISHNAN, K.P. DINESH & M.S. RAVICHANDRAN (India)
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Zootaxa 1589: 23-32 (19 Sep. 2007)  3 plates; 29 references                            Accepted: 4 Sep. 2007
Conservation implications of a morphometric comparison between the Illinois Chorus Frog (Pseudacris streckeri illinoensis) and Strecker's Chorus Frog (P. s. streckeri) (Anura: Hylidae) from Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas
JOY B. TRAUTH, RONALD L. JOHNSON, & STANLEY E. TRAUTH (USA)
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Zootaxa 1580: 51-62 (10 Sep. 2007)  3 plates; 36 references                            Accepted: 7 Aug. 2007
The tadpole of Hylorina sylvatica (Anura: Cyclorhamphidae) in southern Chile
DIANA R. CARDENAS-ROJAS, FELIPE RABANAL & J. RAM[N FORMAS (Chile)
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Zootaxa 1577: 61-68 (7 Sep. 2007) 4 plates; 17 references                            Accepted: 26 Jun. 2007
Discovery of the genus Plethodontohyla (Anura: Microhylidae) in dry western Madagascar: description of a new species and biogeographic implications
FRANK GLAW, JORN KOHLER, PARFAIT BORA, NIRHY H. C. RABIBISOA, OLGA RAMILIJAONA & MIGUEL VENCES (USA)
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Zootaxa 1574: 31-47 (3 Sep. 2007) 7 plates; 31 references                            Accepted: 7 Jun. 2007
Two new canyon-dwelling frogs from the arid sandstone Isalo Massif, central-southern Madagascar (Mantellidae, Mantellinae)
VINCENZO MERCURIO (Germany) & FRANCO ANDREONE (Italy)
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Zootaxa 1572: 1-82 (31 Aug. 2007) 24 plates; 244 references                            Accepted: 3 Aug. 2007
Revision of the characters of Centrolenidae (Amphibia: Anura: Athesphatanura), with comments on its taxonomy and the description of new taxa of glassfrogs
DIEGO F. CISNEROS-HEREDIA (UK) & ROY W. MCDIARMID (USA)
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Zootaxa 1557: 1-32 (22 Aug. 2007) 1 plates; 80 references                            Accepted: 22 Jun. 2007
A taxonomic revision of Atelopus pachydermus, and description of two new (extinct?) species of Atelopus from Ecuador (Anura: Bufonidae)
LUIS A. COLOMA (Ecuador), STEFAN LOTTERS (The Netherlands), WILLIAM E. DUELLMAN (USA) & ALFONSO MIRANDA-LEIVA (Peru)
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Zootaxa 1557: 67-68 (22 Aug. 2007) 0 plates; 5 references                            Accepted: 3 Aug. 2007
Lack of secondary sexual characters in a male of Tsingymantis antitra confirms its position as most basal mantelline frog lineage
ACHILLE P. RASELIMANANA (Madagascar), FRANK GLAW (Germany) & MIGUEL VENCES (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1555: 21-38 (20 Aug. 2007) 8 plates; 30 references                            Accepted: 28 Jun. 2007
A new species of Allobates (Anura: Aromobatidae: Allobatinae) exhibiting a novel reproductive behaviour
PHILIPPE J. R. KOK (Belgium) & RAFFAEL ERNST (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1555: 39-51 (20 Aug. 2007) 8 plates; 23 references                            Accepted: 2 Jun. 2007
A new, toxic species of Colostethus (Anura: Dendrobatidae: Colostethinae) from the Cordillera Central of Colombia
TARAN GRANT (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1541: 31-40 (2 Aug. 2007) 5 plates; 27 references                            Accepted: 18 Jun. 2007
A new dwarf forest toad (Amphibia: Bufonidae: Nectophrynoides) from the Ukaguru Mountains, Tanzania
MICHELE MENEGON (Italy), SEBASTIANO SALVIDIO (Italy), WILIRK NGALASON (Tanzania) & SIMON P. LOADER (Switzerland)
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Zootaxa 1540: 61-67 (2 Aug. 2007) 2 plates; 33 references                            Accepted: 13 May 2007
Dendropsophus minutus (Anura: Hylidae) of the Guiana Shield: using DNA barcodes to assess identity and diversity
MONTY A. HAWKINS, JACK W. SITES JR. & BRICE P. NOONAN (USA)
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Zootaxa 1531: 25-37 (23 Jul. 2007) 6 plates; 32 references                            Accepted: 2 Jun. 2007
The tadpole of Hypsiboas latistriatus (Caramaschi & Cruz, 2004), a species of the Hypsiboas polytaenius (Cope, 1870) clade (Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae)
VICTOR GOYANNES DILL ORRICO, MARCELLE MANTOANELLI MONGIN & ANA MARIA PAULINO TELLES DE CARVALHO-E-SLIVA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1531: 49-55 (23 Jul. 2007) 1 plates; 28 references                            Accepted: 18 Jun. 2007
Paraphyly of Chinese Amolops (Anura, Ranidae) and phylogenetic position of the rare Chinese frog, Amolops tormotus
HONG-XIA CAI, JING CHE, JUN-FENG PANG, ER-MI ZHAO& YA-PING ZHANG (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1529: 61-68 (19 Jul. 2007) 3 plates; 22 references                            Accepted: 2 Jun. 2007
Description of the tadpole of Leptodactylus vastus (Anura: Leptodactylidae)
WASHINGTON LUIZ DA SILVA VIEIRA, GINDOMAR GOMES SANTANA & KLEBER DA SILVA VIEIRA (Brasil)
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Zootaxa 1525: 51-59 (12 Jul. 2007) 0 plates; 5 references                            Accepted: 8 Jun. 2007
A new species of 'spike-nosed' frog from northern New Guinea (Anura: Hylidae: Litoria)
STEPHEN J. RICHARDS (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1523: 49-58 (9 Jul. 2007) 6 plates; 37 references                            Accepted: 21 May 2007
Description of the tadpole of Leptodactylus pustulatus Peters, 1870 (Anura: Leptodactylidae) RAFAEL O. DE SA (USA), REUBER BRANDAO (Brasil) & LORENA DALL'ARA GUIMARAES (Brasil)
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Zootaxa 1519: 17-26 (2 Jul. 2007) 5 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 21 May 2007
A new large green species of Litoria (Anura: Hylidae) from western New Guinea
PAUL OLIVER (Australia), STEPHEN J. RICHARDS (Australia), BURHAN TJATURADI (Indonesia) & DJOKO ISKANDAR (Indonesia)
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Zootaxa 1514: 37-60 (25 Jun. 2007) 0 plates; 69 references                            Accepted: 13 May 2007
A list of herpetological type specimens in the collections of the Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery and University of Papua New Guinea
GLENN M. SHEA (Australia) & FRED KRAUS (USA)
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Zootaxa 1512: 51-64 (21 Jun. 2007) 8 plates; 27 references                            Accepted: 7 May 2007
A new species of palustrine Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Puerto Rico
NEFTALI RIOS-LOPEZ & RICHARD THOMAS (USA)
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Zootaxa 1509: 61-67 (18 Jun. 2007) 2 plates; 31 references                            Accepted: 7 May 2007
Redescription of the tadpole of Leptodactylus rhodomystax (Anura: Leptodactylidae) with natural history notes
DOMINGOS J. RODRIGUES, MARCELO MENIN & ALBERTINA P. LIMA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1508: 61-68 (18 Jun. 2007) 4 plates; 27 references                            Accepted: 7 May 2007
New species of toad, genus Frostius Cannatella, 1986, from the Atlantic Rain Forest of Bahia, Brazil (Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae)
BRUNO V.S. PIMENTA & ULISSES CARAMASCHI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1501: 31-44 (7 Jun. 2007) 2 plates; 54 references                            Accepted: 23 Apr. 2007
Molecular systematics of Malagasy poison frogs in the Mantella betsileo and M. laevigata species groups
FALITIANA C.E. RABEMANANJARA (The Netherlands), ANGELICA CROTTINI (Italy), YLENIA CHIARI (USA), FRANCO ANDREONE (Italy), FRANK GLAW (Germany), REMI DUGUET (La Reunion), PARFAIT BORA (Madagascar), OLGA RAVOAHANGIMALALA RAMILIJAONA (Madagascar) & MIGUEL VENCES (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1498: 35-43 (4 Jun. 2007) 4 plates; 4 references                            Accepted: 25 Apr. 2007
Two new species of the genus Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from Valle de Sibundoy, Putumayo, Colombia
JONH JAIRO MUESES-CISNEROS (Colombia)
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Zootaxa 1485: 13-32 (28 May 2007) 10 plates; 25 references                            Accepted: 28 Mar. 2007
Two new species of Platymantis (Anura: Ranidae) from New Britain
FRED KRAUS & ALLEN ALLISON (USA)
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Zootaxa 1485: 33-41 (28 May 2007) 2 plates; 35 references                            Accepted: 24 Apr. 2007
An enigmatic new species of Glassfrog (Amphibia: Anura: Centrolenidae) from the Amazonian Andean slopes of Ecuador
DIEGO F. CISNEROS-HEREDIA (USA) & PAcL MEZA-RAMOS (Ecuador)
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Zootaxa 1485: 51-57 (28 May 2007) 5 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 28 Mar. 2007
Rediscovery of Phrynopus peruanus Peters 1874 (Amphibia, Anura, Leptodactylidae)
EDGAR LEHR (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1482: 25-68 (24 May 2007) 0 plates; 117 references                            Accepted: 28 Mar. 2007
Type specimens of amphibians in the National Museum of Natural History, Leiden, The Netherlands
M. EULALIA GASSO MIRACLE, LARS W. VAN DEN HOEK OSTENDE & JAN WILLEM ARNTZEN (The Netherlands)
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Zootaxa 1447: 27-45 (12 Apr. 2007) 11 plates; 39 references                             Accepted: 31 Jan. 2007
A new species of Glassfrog (Anura: Centrolenidae) from the lowlands of northwestern Ecuador, with comments on centrolenid osteology
JUAN M. GUAYASAMIN & LINDA TRUEB (USA)
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Zootaxa 1441: 35-49 (5 Apr. 2007) 5 plates; 20 references                             Accepted: 26 Jan. 2007
On the identity of Hyla strigilata Spix, 1824 (Anura: Hylidae): redescription and neotype designation for a "ghost" taxon
B.V.S. PIMENTA, J. FAIVOVICH & J.P. POMBAL JR. (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1441: 51-62 (5 Apr. 2007) 6 plates; 47 references                             Accepted: 13 Jan. 2007
A new species of Hyalinobatrachium (Centrolenidae: Anura) from Serrania dePerijia Venezuela
 S. CASTROVIEJO-FISHER (Sweden), J.AYARZAGUENA (Spain) & CARLES VILA (Venezuela)
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Zootaxa 1435: 1-17 (29 Mar. 2007) 8 plates; 40 references                             Accepted: 6 Dec. 2006
Morphological characterization of Leptodactylus elenae tadpoles (Anura: Leptodactylidae: L. fuscus group), from central Paraguay
M. FLORENCIA VERA CANDIOTI (Argentina), FRANCISCO BRUSQUETTI (Argentina) & FLAVIA NETTO (Paraguay)
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Zootaxa 1435: 51-68 (29 Mar. 2007) 6 plates; 29 references                             Accepted: 3 Feb. 2007
A new rock dwelling frog of the genus Eleutherodactylus (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae) from Eastern Cuba, with comments on other species with similar habits
LUIS M. DIAZ, ANTONIO CADIZ & NILS NAVARRO (Cuba)
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Zootaxa 1422: 59-68 (8 Mar. 2007) 4 plates; 35 references                             Accepted: 26 Jan. 2007
The auditory region of Brachycephalus and its bearing on the monophyly of the genus (Anura: Brachycephalidae)
H.R. DA SILVA, L.A. CAMPOS & A. SEBBEN (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1409: 51-59 (19 Feb. 2007)  5 plates; 15 references                              Accepted: 17 Jan. 2007
A new species of Gegeneophis Peters (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from Goa, India
G. BHATTA , K.P. DINESH , P. PRASHANTH & N.U. KULKARNI (India)
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Zootaxa 1403: 55-68 (5 Feb. 2007)  11 plates; 6 references                                   Accepted: 5 Dec. 2006
A new species of endemic frog belonging to genus Nannophrys Gunther, 1869 (Anura: Dicroglossinae) from Sri Lanka
 S.S. FERNANDO, L.J.M. WICKRAMASINGHA & R.K. RODIRIGO (Sri Lanka)
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Zootaxa 1403: 37-54 (5 Feb. 2007)  5 plates; 35 references                                 Accepted: 4 Dec. 2006
Osteological characterization of four putative species of the genus Adenomera (Anura: Leptodactylidae), with comments on intra- and interspecific variation
M.L. PONSSA (Argentina) & W.R. HEYER (USA)
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Zootaxa 1401: 53-61 (1 Feb. 2007)  2 plates; 25 references                            Accepted: 19 Dec. 2006
Descriptions of the tadpoles of two species of Gephyromantis, with a discussion of the phylogenetic origin of direct development in mantellid frogs
R.-D. RANDRIANIAINA (Madagascar), F. GLAW (Germany), M. THOMAS (Switzerland), J. GLOS (Germany), N. RAMINOSOA (Madagascar), M. VENCES (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1397: 17-24 (25 Jan. 2007)  3 plates; 24 references                             Accepted: 19 Dec. 2006
Description of the tadpoles of Proceratophrys cristiceps (Anura: Cycloramphidae, Odontophrynini)
W. L. DA SILVA VIEIRA, K. DA SILVA VIEIRA & G.G. SANTANA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1397: 1-15 (25 Jan. 2007)  6 plates; 34 references                               Accepted: 19 Dec. 2006
New species amongst Sri Lanka's extinct shrub frogs (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae: Philautus)
M. MEEGASKUMBURA (USA), K. MANAMENDRA-ARACHCHI (Sri Lanka), CH.J. SCHNEIDER (USA) & R. PETHIYAGODA (Sri Lanka)
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Zootaxa 1391: 47-55 (15 Jan. 2007)  3 plates; 21 references                           Accepted: 29 Nov. 2006
A new and threatened species of Scinax (Anura: Hylidae) from Queimada Grande Island, southeastern Brazil
C.A. BRASILEIRO, C.F.B. HADDAD, R.J. SAWAYA & M. MARTINS (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1389: 61-68 (11 Jan. 2007)  4 plates; 24 references                           Accepted: 21 Nov. 2006
New frog (Brachycephalidae: Eleutherodactylus) from the Western Flank of the Cordillera Oriental of Colombia
S.B. ARROYO (Colombia)
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Zootaxa 1387: 39-46 (8 Jan. 2007)  1 plate; 31 references                           Accepted: 10 Nov. 2006
Description of the tadpole of Itapotihyla langsdorffii (Anura: Hylidae)
B.V.S. PIMENTA & C. CANEDO (Brazil)
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2006

Zootaxa 1361: 21-31 (20 Nov. 2006) 1 plate; 28 references                              Accepted: 3 Oct. 2006
Review of the taxonomy and conservation status of the Ecuadorian Glassfrog Centrolenella puyoensis Flores & McDiarmid (Amphibia: Anura: Centrolenidae)
D.F. CISNEROS-HEREDIA & R.W. MCDIARMID (USA)
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Zootaxa 1360: 41-50 (20 Nov. 2006) 5 plates; 27 references                              Accepted: 19 Oct. 2006
The tadpole of Physalaemus henselii (Peters) (Anura: Leiuperidae)
F. KOLENC, C. BORTEIRO, M. TEDROS, D. NUNEZ & R. MANEYRO (Uruguay)
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Zootaxa 1353: 63-68 (9 Nov. 2006)  4 plates; 13 references                              Accepted: 30 Oct. 2006
Tadpole and advertisement call of Chiasmocleis albopunctata (Anura, Microhylidae) from Brazil
J.C. DE OLIVEIRA FILHO & A.A. GIARETTA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1349: 1-18  (2 Nov. 2006)  9 plates; 36 references                       Accepted: 20 Sept. 2006
Hyla vigilans Solano, 1971, a second species for the genus Scarthyla, redescription and distribution in Venezuela and Colombia
C.L. BARRIO-AMOROS (Venezuela), A.D. DE PASCUAL (Venezuela), J.J. MUESES-CISNEROS (Colombia), E. INFANTE (Venezuela) & A. CHACON (Venezuela)
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Zootaxa 1335: 51-53 (16 Oct. 2006)  10 references                                        Accepted:  28 Aug. 2006
Nomenclature of Discoglossus: the status of the nomina Discoglossus hispanicus Lataste, 1879 and Discoglossus algirus Lataste, 1879 (Anura: Discoglossidae)
CROCHET, P.-A. & DUBOIS, A. (France)
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Zootaxa 1334: 45-68 (16 Oct. 2006)  9 plates; 28 references                       Accepted:  11 Sept. 2006
A new morphologically cryptic species of forest frog (genus Platymantis) from New Britain Island, Bismarck Archipelago
R.M. BROWN (USA), S.J. RICHARDS (Australia), J. SUKUMARAN (USA) & J. FOUFOPOULOS (USA)
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Zootaxa 1334: 27-43 (16 Oct. 2006)  3 plates; 32 references                       Accepted:  17 Aug. 2006
Discovery of a new basal relict lineage of Madagascan frogs and its implications for mantellid evolution
F. GLAW, S. HOEGG & M. VENCES (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1334: 1-25 (16 Oct. 2006)  7 plates; 44 references                       Accepted:  28 Aug. 2006
A new species of Leptodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from the state of Espirito Santo, Brazil, with remarks on the systematics of associated populations
A. DE PADUA ALMEIDA (Brazil) & A. ANGULO (Peru)
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Zootaxa 1329: 39-57 (5 Oct. 2006)  4 plates; 23 references                       Accepted:  17 Aug. 2006
Comparative larval morphology in Madagascan frogs of the genus Guibemantis (Amphibia: Mantellidae)
S. VEJARANO (the Netherlands), M. THOMAS (Germany) & M. VENCES (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1327: 23-40 (2 Oct. 2006)  7 plates; 37 references                      Accepted:  21 Aug. 2006
A new species of tree frog, genus Dendropsophus (Anura: Hylidae), from the Amazon of northern Bolivia
J. MORAVEC (Czech Republic), J. APARICIO (Bolivia) & J. KÖHLER (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1327: 1-21 (2 Oct. 2006)  3 plates; 27 references                      Accepted:  17 Jul. 2006
A new species of Ansonia Stoliczka 1872 (Anura: Bufonidae) from Central Peninsular Malaysia and a revised taxonomy for Ansonia from the Malay Peninsula
L.L. GRISMER (USA)
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Zootaxa 1320: 57-68 (25 Sept. 2006) 4 plates; 35  references                          Accepted: 30 Aug. 2006
Cranial morphology and karyotypic analysis of Ceratophrys joazeirensis (Anura: Ceratophryidae, Ceratophrynae): taxonomic considerations
 K.D.S. VIEIRA, A.P.Z. SILVA & C. ARZABE (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1309: 55-68 (7 Sept. 2006) 7 plates; 25  references                             Accepted:  16 Jul. 2006
A new species of Phyllomedusa (Anura: Hylidae: Phyllomedusinae) from northwestern Venezuela
C. L. BARRIO-AMORÓS (Venezuela)
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Zootaxa 1308: 49-62 (4 Sep. 2006)  6 plates; 30  references                             Accepted:  21 Aug. 2006
The tadpole of Chaunus dorbignyi (Duméril & Bibron) (Anura, Bufonidae).
 C. BORTEIRO, F. KOLENC, M. TEDROS & C. PRIGIONI (Uruguay)
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Zootaxa 1302: 1-20 (24 Aug. 2006)  10 plates; 33  references                               Accepted:  17 Jul. 2006
A new Eleutherodactylus (Anura, Brachycephalidae) from the Venezuelan Guayana, and redescription of Eleutherodactylus vilarsi (Melin)
 C.L. BARRIO-AMORÓS & C.R. MOLINA (Venezuela)
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Zootaxa 1295: 41-60 (14 Aug. 2006) 10 plates; 13 references                             Accepted:  10 Jul. 2006
Two new species of large green canopy-dwelling frogs (Anura: Hylidae: Litoria) from Papua New Guinea
S.J. RICHARDS & P.M. OLIVER (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1285: 51-64 (11 Aug. 2006) 5 plates; 8 references                            Accepted:  18 Jul. 2006
Two new species of Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from the Andes of northern Peru
W. E. DUELLMAN (USA), E. LEHR (Germany) & P. J. VENEGAS (Peru)
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Zootaxa 1284: 53-60 (11 Aug. 2006) 3 plates; 12 references                               Accepted: 10 Jul. 2006
The taxonomic status of Phrynopus pereger Lynch 1975 (Amphibia, Anura, Leptodactylidae)
E. LEHR (Germany) & C. AGUILAR (Peru)
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Zootaxa 1278: 49-56 (3 Aug. 2006) 2 plates; 14 references                              Accepted: 19 May 2006
Distribution and morphological variation of Eleutherodactylus mercedesae Lynch & McDiarmid, 1987 (Amphibia, Anura, Leptodactylidae) with first record for Peru
J.M. PADIAL (Spain), R. McDIARMID (USA) & I. DE LA RIVA (Spain) 
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Zootaxa 1278: 57-68 (3 Aug. 2006) 4 plates; 18 references                              Accepted: 23 Jun. 2006
A new species of arboreal toad (Anura: Bufonidae: Chaunus) from Madidi National Park, Bolivia
J.M. PADIAL (Spain), S. REICHLE (Germany), R. McDIARMID (USA) & I. DE LA RIVA  (Spain) 
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Zootaxa 1271: 29-35 (24 Jul. 2006) 5 plates; 7 references                               Accepted: 30 Jun. 2006
A new species of Eleutherodactylus (Amphibia: Anura: Brachycephalidae) from the western flank of the Cordillera Oriental of Colombia
J.J. MUESES-CISNEROS (Colombia) 
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Zootaxa 1268: 39-57 (20 Jul. 2006) 9 plates; 17 references                              Accepted: 15 Jun. 2006
A new species of Xenobatrachus (Anura, Microhylidae) with a striking resemblance to Xenorhina bouwensi
R. GÜNTHER & R. KNOP (Germany) 
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Zootaxa 1259: 39-54 (14 Jul. 2006)  5 plates; 15 references                               Accepted: 25 May 2006
Two new and exceptional poison dart frogs of the genus Dendrobates (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from the Northeastern Flank of the cordillera Central of Colombia
J.V. RUEDA-ALMONACID, M. RADA, S.J. SÁNCHEZ-PACHECO, Á.A. VELÁSQUEZ-ÁLVAREZ & A. QUEVEDO (Colombia) 
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Zootaxa 1258: 17-31 (14 Jul. 2006)  6 plates; 41 references                               Accepted: 13 Jun. 2006
A new species of Rhacophorus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Guangxi Province, China
D.-Q. RAO (P.R. China), J.A. WILKINSON (USA) & H.-N. LIU (P.R. China) 
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Zootaxa 1258: 47-56 (14 Jul. 2006)  1 plate; 24 references                               Accepted: 13 Jun. 2006
The tadpole of Rhinella proboscidea (Anura: Bufonidae) with notes on adult reproductive behavior
M. MENIN, D.J. RODRIGUES & A.P. LIMA  (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1244: 1-32 (26 Jun. 2006) 8 plates; 70 references                               Accepted: 16 May 2006
A new species of the genus Centrolene (Amphibia: Anura: Centrolenidae) from Ecuador with comments on the taxonomy and biogeography of Glassfrogs
D.F. CISNEROS-HEREDIA (Ecuador) & R.W. MCDIARMID (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1244: 57-68 (26 Jun. 2006) 4 plates; 19 references                              Accepted: 10 May 2006
A new species of the Bokermannohyla circumdata group (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae) from Chapada Diamantina, State of Bahia, Brazil
M.F. NAPOLI & F.A. JUNCÁ  (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1238: 35-61 (21 Jun. 2006) 13 plates; 48 references                           Accepted: 25 May 2006
A new species of Colostethus (Anura: Dendrobatidae) with maternal care from Kaieteur National Park, Guyana
P.J.R. KOK (Belgium), H. SAMBHU(Guyana), I. ROOPSIND (Guyana), G.L. LENGLET (Belgium) & G.R. BOURNE (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1237: 45-60 (19 Jun. 2006) 8 plates; 27 references                               Accepted: 4 May 2006
A new species of Probreviceps (Amphibia: Anura) from the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania
S.P. LOADER (UK), A. CHANNING (S. Africa), M. MENEGON (Italy) & T.R.B. DAVENPORT (Tanzania) 
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Zootaxa 1230: 63-68 (12 Jun. 2006) 1 plate; 16 references                                 Accepted: 18 May 2006
The taxonomic status of Hyla roeschmanni De Grys, 1938 (Anura: Hylidae)
J.M. PADIAL (Spain), J. KÖHLER (Germany) & I. DE LA RIVA (Spain) 
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Zootaxa 1228: 35-60 (9 Jun. 2006) 7 plates; 24 references                                 Accepted: 4 May 2006
Species boundaries among barred river frogs, Mixophyes (Anura: Myobatrachidae) in north-eastern Australia, with descriptions of two new species
M. MAHONY, S.C. DONNELLAN, S.J. RICHARDS & K. MCDONALD (Australia) 
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Zootaxa 1208: 57-68 (22 May 2006) 5 plates; 17 references                           Accepted: 10 Apr. 2006
A new species of large green treefrog (Anura: Hylidae: Litoria) from northern New Guinea
S.J. RICHARDS (Australia), P. OLIVER (Australia), C. DAHL (Papua New Guinea) & B. TJATURADI (Indonesia) 
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ootaxa 1188: 23-36 (28 Apr. 2006) 2 plates; 12 references                              Accepted: 10 Feb. 2006
On the osteology of a distinctive specie of the genus Leptodactylus: Leptodactylus laticeps (Boulenger, 1917) (Anura, Leptodactylidae)
M.L. PONSSA (Argentina) 
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Zootaxa 1171: 39-45 (10 Apr. 2006) 3 plates; 7 references                             Accepted: 25 Feb. 2006
A new species of frog (genus Eleutherodactylus) from a cloud forest in Western Colombia
J.C. GARCÍA & J.D. LYNCH (Colombia)
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Zootaxa 1152: 45-58 (17 Mar. 2006) 4 plates; 32 references                            Accepted: 20 Jan. 2006
A new species of Dendrobates (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from the Amazonian lowlands in Peru
J.L. BROWN, R. SCHULTE, K. SUMMERS (USA)
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Zootaxa 1116: 43-54 (27 Jan. 2006) 6 plates; 25 references                            Accepted: 15 Nov. 2005
Reassessment of the taxonomic status of the genera Ischnocnema Reinhardt and Lutken, 1862 and Oreobates Jimenez-de-la-Espada, 1872, with notes on the synonymy of Leiuperus verrucosus Reinhardt and Lutken, 1862 (Anura: Leptodactylidae)
U. CARAMASCHI & C. CANEDO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1113: 51-64 (24 Jan. 2006) 5 plates; 17 references                          Accepted: 23 Dec. 2005
Evidence of full species status of the neotropical leaf-frog Phyllomedusa burmeisteri bahiana (A. Lutz, 1925) (Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae)
I.S.N. SILVA-FILHO & F.A. JUNCA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1105: 49-68 (10 Jan. 2006) 11 plate; 26 references                                Accepted: 30 Oct. 2005
A revision of Mantidactylus microtis and M. microtympanum, and a comparison with other large Madagascan stream frogs (Anura: Mantellidae: Mantellinae)
F. ANDREONE (Italy) & R.A. NUSSBAUM (USA)
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Zootaxa 1104: 1-21 (5 Jan. 2006) 10 plates; 28 references                                 Accepted: 8 Oct. 2005
An evaluation of the subspecies Acris crepitans blanchardi (Anura, Hylidae)
M.L. McCALLUM & S.E. TRAUTH (USA)
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2005

Zootaxa 1072: 35-42 (28 Oct. 2005) 4 plates; 24 references                            Accepted: 27 Jul. 2005
The tadpole of Physalaemus soaresi Izecksohn, 1965 (Anura: Leptodactylidae), with comments on taxonomy, reproductive behavior, and vocalizations
LUIZ NORBERTO WEBER, SERGIO POTSCH DE CARVALHO-E-SILVA & LUIZ PEDREIRA GONZAGA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1052: 29-39 (20 Sept. 2005) 4 plates; 10 references                           Accepted: 18 Aug. 2005
A new species of treefrog (Anura: Hylidae: Litoria) from the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea
S. J. RICHARDS (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1046: 17-27 (8 Sept. 2005) 5 plates; 14 references                           Accepted: 16 Jul. 2005
A new species of Hyla (Anura: Hylidae) from Cerro Las Flores, Oaxaca, Mexico
J. M. MEIK (USA), L. CANSECO-MARQUEZ (Mexico), E. N. SMITH (USA) & J. A. CAMPBELL (USA)
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Zootaxa 1018: 1-14 (15 Jul. 2005) 4 plates; 18 references                               Accepted: 9 Jun. 2005
Morphometric analysis to differentiate taxonomically seven species of Eleutherodactylus (Amphibia: Anura: Leptodactylidae) from an Andean cloud forest of Colombia
S.B. ARROYO (Colombia), P.M. SANCHEZ (Brazil) , M.P. RAMIREZ-PINILLA (Colombia), H.A. SUAREZ (Colombia), D.R. MIRANDA-ESQUIVEL  (Colombia)
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Zootaxa 1004: 37-50 (7 Jun. 2005) 3 plates; 15 references                               Accepted: 18 May 2005
 A new species of Boulengerula Tornier (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from an isolated mountain block of the Taita Hills, Kenya
H. MÜLLER (UK), G.J. MEASEY (France) , S.P. LOADER (UK) & P.K. MALONZA  (Kenya)
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Zootaxa 995: 1-19 (25 May 2005) 6 plates; 59 references                            Accepted: 7 May 2005
Mitochondrial DNA sequence analysis of the spectacled salamander, Salamandrina terdigitata (Urodela: Salamandridae), supports the existence of two distinct species
M. MATTOCCIA, A. ROMANO & V. SBORDONI (Italy) 
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2004

Zootaxa 739: 1-19 (25 November 2004) 4 plates; 23 references                      Accepted: 11 Nov. 2004
A new species of Indotyphlus Taylor (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from the Western Ghats, India
V. GIRI (India), D.J. GOWER (UK) & M. WILKINSON (UK)
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Zootaxa 720: 1-28 (11 November 2004) 12 plates; 37 references                      Accepted: 28 Aug. 2004
Revision of the genus Werneria Poche, 1903, including the descriptions of two new species from Cameroon and Gabon (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae)
M.-O. RÖDEL (Germany), A. SCHMITZ (Switzerland), O.S.G. PAUWELS (Belgium) & W. BÖHME (Germany)
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Zootaxa 688: 1-15 (18 October 2004) 5 plates; 31 references                       Accepted: 4 Oct. 2004
A new species of Scinax (Anura: Hylidae) from rocky montane fields of the Serra do Cipó, Southeastern Brazil
A. PUGLIESE, J.P. POMBAL, Jr. & I. SAZIMA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 644: 1-8 (16 September 2004) 1 plate; 6 references                           Accepted: 30 Aug. 2004
A new species of Gegeneophis Peters (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from the surroundings of Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnataka, India
G. BHATTA & R. SRINIVASA  (India)
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Zootaxa 488: 1-24 (13 April 2004) 6 plates; 45 references                           Accepted: 22 March 2004
Taxonomic revision of Algero-Tunisian Pleurodeles (Caudata: Salamandridae) using molecular and morphological data. Revalidation of the taxon Pleurodeles nebulosus (Guichenot, 1850)
S. CARRANZA (Spain) & E. WADE (UK)
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Zootaxa 479: 1-12 (31 March 2004) 4 plates; 20 references                         Accepted: 24 March 2004
A new species of Physalaemus (Amphibia; Leptodactylidae) from the Atlantic forest in southeastern Brazil
C.F.B. HADDAD & I. SAZIMA (Brazil)
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2003

Zootaxa 383: 1-8 (12 December 2003) 3 plates; 20 references           Accepted: 8 December 2003
A new species of Pseudopaludicola (Anura, Leptodactylidae) from northern Brazil
A.A. GIARETTA & M.N.D.C. KOKUBUM (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 381: 1-11 (12 December 2003) 4 plates; 14 references           Accepted: 2 December 2003
A new species of Chthonerpeton (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Typhlonectidae) from Bahia, Brazil
H.R. DA SILVA, M.C. DE BRITTO-PEREIRA  & U. CARAMASCHI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 370: 1-8 (28 November 2003) 3 plates; 22 references            Accepted: 25 November 2003
The tadpole of Physalaemus fuscomaculatus (Anura: Leptodactylidae), with a description of internal oral morphology 
F. NOMURA, D.D.C. ROSSA-FERES & V.H.M.D. PRADO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 351: 1-10 (13 November 2003) 2 plates; 5 references             Accepted: 30 October 2003
A new species of Gegeneophis Peters (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from southern Maharashtra, India, with a key to the species of the genus
V. GIRI (India), M. WILKINSON (UK) & D.J. GOWER (UK) 
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Zootaxa 350: 1-8 (13 November 2003) 1 plate; 10 references             Accepted: 31 October 2003
A new species of Gegeneophis Peters (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from Maharashtra, India
M.S. RAVICHANDRAN (India), D.J. GOWER (UK) & M. WILKINSON (UK)
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