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Editor, Dr. 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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2010

Article
Zootaxa 2574: 55–68 (23 Aug. 2010) 3 plates; 44 references                            Accepted: 8 May 2010
Genetic differentiation in the nearly extinct harlequin frogs (Bufonidae: Atelopus), with emphasis on the Andean Atelopus ignescens and A. bomolochos species complexes
JUAN M. GUAYASAMIN (Ecuador), ELISA BONACCORSO (Ecuador), WILLIAM E. DUELLMAN
(USA) & LUIS A. COLOMA (Ecuador)
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Article
Zootaxa 2574: 1–54 (23 Aug. 2010) 23 plates; 83 references                            Accepted: 8 May 2010
Five new (extinct?) species of Atelopus (Anura: Bufonidae) from Andean
Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
LUIS A. COLOMA (Ecuador), WILLIAM E. DUELLMAN (USA), ANA ALMENDÁRIZ C. (Ecuador),
SANTIAGO R. RON (Ecuador), ANDREA TERÁN-VALDEZ (Ecuador) & JUAN M. GUAYASAMIN (Ecuador)
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Article
Zootaxa 2571: 37–52 (19 Aug. 2010) 8 plates; 67 references                           Accepted: 23 Jul. 2010
New species of Microhyla from Sarawak: Old World’s smallest frogs crawl out
of miniature pitcher plants on Borneo (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae)
INDRANEIL DAS (Malaysia) & ALEXANDER HAAS (Germany)

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Correspondence
Zootaxa 2569: 67–68 (17 Aug. 2010) 1 plates; 9 references                            Accepted: 22 Jul. 2010
The tadpole of Melanophryniscus cambaraensis Braun & Braun, 1979 (Anura: Bufonidae)
JORGE SEBASTIÃO BERNARDO-SILVA, RAQUEL ROCHA DOS SANTOS & CAMILA BOTH
(Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 2567: 57–68 (16 Aug. 2010) 4 plates; 39 references                           Accepted: 22 Jul. 2010
A new species of Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from northeastern Cambodia
JODI J. L. ROWLEY (USA), BRYAN L. STUART (USA), NEANG THY (Cambodia) & DAVID A. EMMETT (Cambodia)

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Article
Zootaxa 2561: 49–58 (9 Aug. 2010) 4 plates; 40 references                             Accepted: 19 Jul. 2010
The identity of Zachaenus roseus Cope, 1890 (Anura: species inquirenda) 
E. O. LAVILLA (Argentina), J. J. NUÑEZ (Chile), F. E. RABANAL (Chile), J. A. LANGONE (Uruguay) & R. O. DE SÁ (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 2550: 39–57 (27 Jul. 2010) 9 plates; 19 references                           Accepted: 26 Jun. 2010
A new species of Litoria (Anura: Hylidae) with a highly distinctive tadpole from the north-western Kimberley region of Western Australia
MARION ANSTIS, MICHAEL J. TYLER, J. DALE ROBERTS, LUKE C. PRICE & PAUL DOUGHTY
(Australia)
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Article
Zootaxa 2544: 54–68 (21 Jul. 2010) 6 plates; 36 references                             Accepted: 2 Jun. 2010
Molecular and bioacoustic differentiation of Boophis occidentalis with description of a new treefrog from north-western Madagascar
MIGUEL VENCES (Germany), FRANCO ANDREONE (Italy), JULIAN GLOS (Germany) & FRANK
GLAW (Germany)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2521 65–68 (29 Jun. 2010) 1 plates; 12 references                            Accepted: 22 May 2010
Redescription of tadpole of the hylodid frog Hylodes asper (Müller, 1924)
PAULO NOGUEIRA COSTA, THIAGO SILVA-SOARES, LUIZ NORBERTO WEBER & ANA MARIA
PAULINO TELLES DE CARVALHO-E-SILVA (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2521 37–52 (29 Jun. 2010) 12 plates; 23 references                            Accepted: 3 Jun. 2010
A new species of Hypsiboas Wagler (Anura: Hylidae) closely related to H. multifasciatus Günther from southeastern Brazil
THIAGO RIBEIRO DE CARVALHO, ARIOVALDO ANTONIO GIARETTA & KÁTIA GOMES
FACURE (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2514 24–34 (22 Jun. 2010) 6 plates; 35 references                           Accepted: 17 May 2010
A new species of Scinax Wagler (Anura: Hylidae) from Cerrado of Brazil
IVAN NUNES, RONALD R. CARVALHO JR. & EMILIANE G. PEREIRA (Brazil)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 2508: 65–68 (16 Jun. 2010) 1 plates; 14 references                           Accepted: 13 May 2010
The tadpole of Leptodactylus pentadactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Central Amazonia
MARCELO MENIN, ALBERTINA P. LIMA & DOMINGOS J. RODRIGUES (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2505: 40–50 (14 Jun. 2010) 3 plates; 39 references                          Accepted: 13 May 2010
Re-assessment of the Reinwardt’s Gliding Frog, Rhacophorus reinwardtii
(Schlegel 1840) (Anura: Rhacophoridae) in Southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia and its re-description as a new species
CHAN KIN ONN (Malaysia) & L. LEE GRISMER (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2501: 23–36 (10 Jun. 2010) 5 plates; 3 references                              Accepted: 6 May 2010
New species of reed frog from the Congo basin with discussion of paraphyly in
Cinnamon-belly reed frogs
SUSANNE SCHICK (Germany), JOS KIELGAST (Denmark), DENNIS RÖDDER (Germany), VINCENT
MUCHAI (Kenya), MARIUS BURGER (South Africa) & STEFAN LÖTTERS(Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2496: 63–68 (7 Jun. 2010) 2 plates; 12 references                              Accepted: 6 May 2010
A new species of Elachistocleis (Anura; Microhylidae) from the Brazilian Amazon
LUÍS FELIPE TOLEDO (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2496: 49–62 (7 Jun. 2010) 4 plates; 24 references                              Accepted: 6 May 2010
Species boundaries in the Rana arfaki group (Anura: Ranidae) and phylogenetic relationships to other New Guinean Rana
STEPHEN C. DONNELLAN, KEN P. APLIN & TERRY BERTOZZI (Australia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2496: 38–48 (7 Jun. 2010) 5 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 16 Apr. 2010
Description of a new species of Pseudopaludicola Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926 from the state of São Paulo, Southeastern Brazil (Anura, Leiuperidae)
LUÍS FELIPE TOLEDO, SÉRGIO SIQUEIRA, THIAGO C. DUARTE, ANA CRISTINA P. VEIGAMENONCELLO,
SHIRLEI M. RECCO-PIMENTEL & CÉLIO F. B. HADDAD (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2494: 45–58 (4 Jun. 2010) 5 plates; 33 references                           Accepted: 20 Apr. 2010
A new species of newt of the genus Paramesotriton (Salamandridae) from southwestern Guangdong, China, with a new northern record of P. longliensis from western Hubei
YUNKE WU (USA), KE JIANG (P.R. China) & JAMES HANKEN (USA)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2493: 66–68 (3 Jun. 2010) 0 plates; 35 references                              Accepted: 16 Apr. 2010
The nomenclatural status of some generic nomina of Megophryidae
(Amphibia, Anura)
ALAIN DUBOIS (France), STÉPHANE GROSJEAN(France), ANNEMARIE OHLER (France),
KRAIG ADLER (USA) & ERMI ZHAO (China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2492: 1–27 (2 Jun. 2010) 0 plates; 78 references                               Accepted: 20 Apr. 2010
A tentative species list of the European herpetofauna (Amphibia and Reptilia)
— an update
JEROEN SPEYBROECK (Belgium), WOUTER BEUKEMA (The Netherlands) & PIERRE-ANDRÉ
CROCHET (France)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2491: 1–33 (2 Jun. 2010) 24 plates; 37 references                            Accepted: 20 Apr. 2010
Taxonomic review of Physalaemus olfersii (Lichtenstein & Martens, 1856) with revalidation of Physalaemus lateristriga (Steindachner, 1864) and description of two new related species (Anura: Leiuperidae)
CARLA SANTANA CASSINI, CARLOS ALBERTO GONÇALVES CRUZ & ULISSES CARAMASCHI
(Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2483: 35–44 (25 May 2010) 5 plates; 31 references                          Accepted: 20 Apr. 2010
A new Pristimantis (Anura, Terrarana, Strabomantidae) from Churi-tepui in the Chimanta massif, Venezuelan Guayana
CÉSAR L. BARRIO-AMORÓS (Venezuela), JAVIER MESA (Venezuela), CHARLES BREWER-CARÍAS (Venezuela) & ROY W. MCDIARMID (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2482: 49–63 (24 May 2010) 4 plates; 23 references                           Accepted: 20 Apr. 2010
A new species of limestone-forest frog, genus Platymantis (Amphibia: Anura: Ceratobatrachidae) from central Luzon Island, Philippines
CAMERON D. SILER (USA), ARVIN C. DIESMOS (Philippines), CHARLES W. LINKEM (USA), MAE
L. DIESMOS (Philippines) & RAFE M. BROWN (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2447: 53–68 (6 May 2010) 8 plates; 36 references                               Accepted: 7 Apr. 2010
The smallest terrestrial vertebrate of Ecuador: A new frog of the genus Pristimantis (Amphibia: Strabomantidae) from the Cordillera del Cóndor
ANDREA TERÁN-VALDEZ & JUAN M. GUAYASAMIN (Ecuador)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2447: 1–52 (6 May 2010) 6 plates; 358 references                            Accepted: 16 Mar. 2010
The nomenclatural status of the nomina of amphibians and reptiles created by Garsault (1764), with a parsimonious solution to an old nomenclatural problem regarding the genus Bufo (Amphibia, Anura), comments on the taxonomy of this genus, and comments on some nomina created by Laurenti (1768)
ALAIN DUBOIS & ROGER BOUR (France)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2439: 1–23 (28 Apr. 2010) 13 plates; 40 references                            Accepted: 1 Mar. 2010
Two new species of Ranitomeya (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from eastern Amazonian Peru
PEDRO E. PEREZ-PEÑA (Peru), GERMAN CHAVEZ (Peru), EVAN TWOMEY (USA) & JASON L. BROWN (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2434: 1–16 (23 Apr. 2010) 6 plates; 48 references                           Accepted: 12 Mar. 2010
A distinctive new species of moss salamander (Caudata: Plethodontidae: Nototriton) from an imperiled Honduran endemism hotspot
JOSIAH H. TOWNSEND (USA), J. MICHAEL BUTLER (USA), LARRY DAVID WILSON (Honduras)
& JAMES D. AUSTIN (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2426: 54–60 (14 Apr. 2010) 3 plates; 34 references                         Accepted: 11 Feb. 2010
Molecules meet macroecology—combining Species Distribution Models and
phylogeographic studies
DENNIS RÖDDER, FRANK WEINSHEIMER & STEFAN LÖTTERS (Germany)

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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2426: 61–64 (14 Apr. 2010) 3 plates; 10 references                         Accepted: 9 Mar. 2010
Bioacoustic data of the recently described Boophis calcaratus (Anura: Mantellidae: Boophinae), a cryptic treefrog from Eastern Madagascar
GONÇALO M. ROSA & FRANCO ANDREONE (Italy)

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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2426: 65–67 (14 Apr. 2010) 1 plate; 9 references                             Accepted: 6 Mar. 2010
Invalidity of Hynobius yunanicus and molecular phylogeny of Hynobius salamander from continental China (Urodela, Hynobiidae)
KANTO NISHIKAWA (Japan), JIAN-PING JIANG (P.R. China), MASAFUMI MATSUI (Japan), YUNMING MO (P.R. China), XIAO-HONG CHEN (P.R. China), JONG-BUM KIM (Korea), ATSUSHI TOMINAGA (Japan) & NATSUHIKO YOSHIKAWA (Japan)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2418: 50–60 (6 Apr. 2010) 5 plates; 16 references                          Accepted: 15 Feb. 2010
Revalidation and redescription of Elachistocleis cesarii (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920) (Anura: Microhylidae)

LUÍS FELIPE TOLEDO, DANIEL LOEBMANN & CÉLIO F. B. HADDAD (Brazil)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2418: 61–64 (6 Apr. 2010) 1 plate; 13 references                          Accepted: 6 Mar. 2010
Tadpole of the hylid frog Bokermannohyla gouveai (Peixoto & Cruz, 1992)

PAULO NOGUEIRA COSTA, ANA CAROLINA CALIJORNE LOURENÇO, PATRICIA ALMEIDA-SANTOS & MONIQUE VAN SLUYS (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2416: 1–43 (1 Apr. 2010) 9 plates; 53 references                              Accepted: 29 Jan. 2010
Note on a collection of Amphibians and Reptiles from Western Sumatra (Indonesia), with the description of a new species of the genus Bufo

ALEXANDRE TEYNIÉ, PATRICK DAVID & ANNEMARIE OHLER (France)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2413: 37–50 (29 Mar. 2010) 6 plates; 26 references                          Accepted: 15 Feb. 2010
A new dendrobatid frog (Anura: Dendrobatidae: Anomaloglossus) from the Orinoquian rainforest, southern Venezuela
CÉSAR L. BARRIO-AMORÓS (Venezuela), JUAN CARLOS SANTOS (USA) & OLGA JOVANOVIC
(Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2408: 3 1–46 (24 Mar. 2010) 6 plates; 49 references                         Accepted: 6 Feb. 2010
Description of two new species of torrent frog, Amolops Cope (Anura: Ranidae) from a degrading forest in the northeast Indian state of Nagaland
S.D. BIJU, STEPHEN MAHONY & RACHUNLIU G. KAMEI (India)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2407: 28–50 (23 Mar. 2010) 8 plates; 40 references                          Accepted: 16 Feb. 2010
The taxonomic status of some spiny-backed treefrogs, genus Osteocephalus (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae)
KARL-HEINZ JUNGFER (Germany)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2406: 57–68 (23 Mar. 2010) 4 plates; 35 references                          Accepted: 21 Jan. 2010
A new species of Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from Mizoram, North-eastern India
SAIBAL SENGUPTA (India), SAIPARI SAILO (India), H.T. LALREMSANGA (India), ABHIJIT DAS
(India) & INDRANEIL DAS (Malaysia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2406: 1–28 (23 Mar. 2010) 9 plates; 62 references                            Accepted: 4 Feb. 2010
The description of a cryptic species related to the pan-Amazonian frog Allobates femoralis (Boulenger 1883) (Anura: Aromobatidae)
PEDRO IVO SIMÕES, ALBERTINA P. LIMA1 & IZENI PIRES FARIAS (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2396: 61–68 (11 Mar. 2010) 3 plates; 24 references                            Accepted: 3 Feb. 2010
A new species of toad (Bufonidae: Incilius) from central Panama
JOSEPH R. MENDELSON III & DANIEL G. MULCAHY (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2396: 50–60 (11 Mar. 2010) 5 plates; 22 references                            Accepted: 6 Feb. 2010
A new species of Rhinella (Anura: Bufonidae) from Ischigualasto Provincial Park, San Juan, Argentina
EDUARDO SANABRIA, LORENA QUIROGA, FEDERICO ARIAS & RICARDO CORTEZ (Argentina)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2395: 34–44 (10 Mar. 2010) 4 plates; 27 references                           Accepted: 21 Jan. 2010
A new species of blue-eyed Leptobrachium (Anura: Megophryidae) from Sumatra, Indonesia
AMIR HAMIDY & MASAFUMI MATSUI (Japan)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2391: 47–60 (8 Mar. 2010) 4 plates; 17 references                            Accepted: 29 Jan. 2010
A new species of Rhinatrema Duméril & Bibron (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Rhinatrematidae) from Guyana
DAVID J. GOWER (UK), MARK WILKINSON (UK), EMMA SHERRATT (UK) & PHILIPPE J. R.
KOK (Belgium)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2391: 33–46 (8 Mar. 2010) 4 plates; 36 references                            Accepted: 29 Jan. 2010
Taxonomic re-assessment of the Australian and New Guinean green-eyed treefrogs Litoria eucnemis, L. genimaculata and L. serrata (Anura: Hylidae)

STEPHEN J. RICHARDS (Australia), CONRAD J. HOSKIN (Australia), MICHAEL J. CUNNINGHAM
(South Africa), KEITH MCDONALD (Australia), & STEPHEN C. DONNELLAN (Australia)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2383: 1–82 (26 Feb. 2010) 27 plates; 77 references                            Accepted: 8 Dec. 2009
Integrative taxonomy of Malagasy treefrogs: combination of
molecular genetics, bioacoustics and comparative morphology reveals twelve additional species of Boophis 
FRANK GLAW (Germany), JÖRN KÖHLER (Germany), IGNACIO DE LA RIVA (Spain), DAVID R. VIEITES (Germany) & MIGUEL VENCES (Germany)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 2370: 65–68 (25 Feb. 2010) 3 plates; 7 references                             Accepted: 21 Jan. 2010
Tadpole and advertisement call of Rhinella pombali (Baldissera, Caramaschi & Haddad, 2004) (Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae)
ANA CAROLINA CALIJORNE LOURENÇO, DÉLIO BAÊTA, ALINE CRISTINE LOPES DE ABREU
& JOSÉ P. POMBAL JR. (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2355: 56–68 (10 Feb. 2010) 7 plates; 26 references                           Accepted: 24 Dec. 2009
Rediscovery of the Liberian Nimba toad, Nimbaphrynoides liberiensis (Xavier, 1978) (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae), and reassessment of its taxonomic status
LAURA SANDBERGER (Germany), ANNIKA HILLERS (Germany), JOSEPH DOUMBIA (Republic of
Guinea), NÉMA-SOUA LOUA (Republic of Guinea), CHRISTIAN BREDE (Germany) & MARKOLIVER RÖDEL (Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2346: 42–52 (28 Jan. 2010) 4 plates; 19 references                          Accepted: 14 Dec. 2009
A new newt of the genus Cynops (Caudata: Salamandridae) from Fujian Province, southeastern China
YUNKE WU (USA), YUEZHAO WANG (P.R. China), KE JIANG (P.R. China), JAMES HANKEN (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2346: 1–16 (28 Jan. 2010) 3 plates; 116 references                          Accepted: 27 Nov. 2009
The identification of Rana ocellata Linnaeus, 1758. Nomenclatural impact on the species currently known as Leptodactylus ocellatus (Leptodactylidae) and Osteopilus brunneus (Gosse, 1851) (Hylidae)
ESTEBAN O. LAVILLA (Argentina), JOSE A. LANGONE (Uruguay), ULISSES CARAMASCHI
(Brazil), W. RONALD HEYER (USA) & RAFAEL O. DE SÁ (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2345: 33–42 (27 Jan. 2010) 2 plates; 56 references                          Accepted: 24 Dec. 2009
Systematic reassessments of fanged frogs from China and adjacent regions
(Anura: Dicroglossidae)
MASAFUMI MATSUI (Japan), NORIHIRO KURAISHI (Japan), JIAN-PING JIANG (P.R. China),
HIDETOSHI OTA (Japan), AMIR HAMIDY (Japan), NIKOLAI L. ORLOV (Russia) & KANTO NISHIKAWA (Japan)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2340: 1–49 (21 Jan. 2010) 16 plates; 94 references                          Accepted: 16 Dec. 2009
Review of the genus Petropedetes Reichenow, 1874 in Central Africa with the description of three new species (Amphibia: Anura: Petropedetidae) 
MICHAEL F. BAREJ (Germany), MARK-OLIVER RÖDEL (Germany), LEGRAND NONO GONWOUO(Cameroon), OLIVIER S.G. PAUWELS (Belgium), WOLFGANG BÖHME (Germany) & ANDREAS
SCHMITZ (Switzerland)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2339: 57–68 (20 Jan. 2010) 7 plates; 27 references                          Accepted: 5 Dec. 2009
A new species of the Rhinella margaritifera group (Anura: Bufonidae) from Brazilian Pantanal
ROBSON W. ÁVILA, ANDRÉ PANSONATO & CHRISTINE STRÜSSMANN (Brazil)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2339: 44–56 (20 Jan. 2010) 5 plates; 40 references                          Accepted: 27 Nov. 2009
A new species of Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from the sacred groves of Mawphlang, Meghalaya, north-eastern India
INDRANEIL DAS (Malaysia), RONALD K. LYNGDOH TRON (India), DUWAKI RANGAD (India) &
RUPA N. K. HOOROO (India)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2337: 1–17 (18 Jan. 2010) 9 plates; 20 references                          Accepted: 13 Nov. 2009
A new species of Allobates (Anura: Aromobatidae) from Paleovárzea Forest in Amazonas, Brazil
ALBERTINA P. LIMA (Brazil), JANALEE P CALDWELL (USA), GRAZIELA BIAVATI (Brazil) &
ANELISE MONTANARIN (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2329: 1–21 (6 Jan. 2010) 9 plates; 37 references                           Accepted: 25 Nov. 2009
Two new Pristimantis (Anura: Terrarana: Strabomantidae) from the Sierra de Perijá, Venezuela
CÉSAR L. BARRIO-AMORÓS, FERNANDO ROJAS-RUNJAIC & TITO R. BARROS (Venezuela)

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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2327: 65–68 (4 Jan. 2010) 1 plates; 13 references                           Accepted: 27 Nov. 2009
The tadpole of Physalaemus jordanensis Bokermann, 1967 (Anura, Leiuperidae) from Campos do Jordão, Serra da Mantiqueira, Southeastern Brazil
FELIPE BITTIOLI R. GOMES, DIOGO B. PROVETE & ITAMAR A. MARTINS (Brazil)

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2009 (58 articles; 1 monograph; 9 correspondence)

Article 
Zootaxa 2304: 61-68 (4 Dec. 2009) 2 plates; 15 references                          Accepted: 29 Oct. 2009
The generic allocation of “Hyla” antoniiochoai De la Riva & Chaparro, 2005
(Anura), with description of its advertisement call and ecology
ALESSANDRO CATENAZZI & EDGAR LEHR (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2304: 41-50 (4 Dec. 2009) 3 plates; 19 references                          Accepted: 10 Nov. 2009
Re-description of the type series of Nectophrynoides viviparus (Bufonidae),
with a taxonomic reassessment
SIMON P. LOADER (Switzerland), JOHN C. POYNTON (UK), TIM R. B. DAVENPORT (Tanzania) &
MARK-OLIVER RÖDEL (Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2302: 48-60 (2 Dec. 2009) 6 plates; 18 references                          Accepted: 29 Oct. 2009
Another new species of Ranitomeya (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from Amazonian
Colombia
EVAN TWOMEY & JASON L. BROWN (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2302: 19-30 (2 Dec. 2009) 6 plates; 39 references                          Accepted: 29 Oct. 2009
A new small Arthroleptis (Amphibia: Anura: Arthroleptidae) from the Liberian
part of Mount Nimba, West Africa
MARK-OLIVER RÖDEL (Germany), JOSEPH DOUMBIA (Guinea), ALEX T. JOHNSON (Liberia) &
ANNIKA HILLERS (Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2302: 1-18 (2 Dec. 2009) 9 plates; 30 references                          Accepted: 30 Oct. 2009
Larval morphologies of three species of stream toads, genus Ansonia
(Amphibia: Bufonidae) from East Malaysia (Borneo), with a key to known Bornean Ansonia tadpoles
ALEXANDER HAAS (Germany), JOHANNA WOLTER (Germany), STEFAN T. HERTWIG
(Switzerland) & INDRANEIL DAS (Malaysia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2277: 1-13 (30 Oct. 2009) 5 plates; 18 references                          Accepted: 7 Oct. 2009
A new species of Litoria (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae) from the foothills of the
Foja Mountains, Papua Province, Indonesia
STEPHEN J. RICHARDS (Australia), PAUL M. OLIVER (Australia) KELIOPAS KREY (Indonesia) &
BURHAN TJATURADI (Indonesia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2269: 53-64 (21 Oct. 2009) 5 plates; 34 references                          Accepted: 9 Sep. 2009
A new species of Scinax (Anura: Hylidae) from Rocky Montane Fields in
Southeastern and Central Brazil
ADRIANA PUGLIESE, DÉLIO BAÊTA & JOSÉ P. POMBAL, JR (Brazil)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2267: 26-42 (19 Oct. 2009) 7 plates; 20 references                          Accepted: 15 Sep. 2009
Three new species of striped Ichthyophis (Amphibia: Gymnophiona:
Ichthyophiidae) from the northeast Indian states of Manipur and Nagaland
RACHUNLIU G. KAMEI (India), MARK WILKINSON (UK), DAVID J. GOWER (UK) & S. D. BIJU
(India)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2266: 51-60 (16 Oct. 2009) 6 plates; 28 references                          Accepted: 22 Sep. 2009
Further notes on the taxonomy of four species of Physalaemus (Anura,
Leiuperidae) from the Atlantic Forest of Southeastern Brazil
ARIOVALDO A. GIARETTA, LUCAS B. MARTINS & MARCELA P. DOS SANTOS (Brazil)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2247: 37-50 (6 Oct. 2009) 4 plates; 56 references                          Accepted: 15 Sep. 2009
A new, large species of Chiasmocleis Méhelÿ 1904 (Anura: Microhylidae) from
the Iquitos region, Amazonian Peru
W. CHRIS FUNK & DAVID C. CANNATELLA (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2247: 1-36 (6 Oct. 2009) 2 plates; 102 references                          Accepted: 10 Sep. 2009
The status of the amphibian nomina created by Merrem (1820) and Ritgen
(1828)
ALAIN DUBOIS & ANNEMARIE OHLER (France)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2246: 32-44 (5 Oct. 2009) 4 plates; 18 references                          Accepted: 7 Sep. 2009
An essay on precision in morphometric measurements in anurans:
inter-individual, intra-individual and temporal comparisons
MANUEL HERNANDO BERNAL & JAIRO ALFONSO CLAVIJO (Colombia)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2227: 53-62 (10 Sep. 2009) 5 plates; 55 references                          Accepted: 29 Jul. 2009
Description of a new species of Teratohyla Taylor (Amphibia: Athesphatanura:
Centrolenidae) from north-western Ecuador
DIEGO F. CISNEROS-HEREDIA, MARIO H. YÁNEZ-MUÑOZ & H. MAURICIO ORTEGAANDRADE
(Ecuador)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2226: 58-65 (10 Sep. 2009) 6 plates; 21 references                          Accepted: 26 Aug. 2009
Phyllomedusa itacolomi Caramaschi, Cruz & Feio, 2006, a junior synonym of
Phyllomedusa ayeaye (B. Lutz, 1966) (Hylidae, Phyllomedusinae)
DÉLIO BAÊTA, ULISSES CARAMASCHI, CARLOS ALBERTO G. CRUZ & JOSÉ P. POMBAL Jr. (Brazil)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2226: 19-27 (10 Sep. 2009) 4 plates; 48 references                          Accepted: 26 Aug. 2009
A second species of Brasilotyphlus (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from
Brazilian Amazonia
ADRIANO O. MACIEL, TAMI MOTT & MARINUS S. HOOGMOED (Brazil)

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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2222: 66-68 (7 Sep. 2009) 1 plates; 14 references                           Accepted: 8 Jul. 2009
The tadpole of the Brazilian torrent frog Hylodes heyeri (Anura; Hylodidae)
T. R. N. COSTA, R. LINGNAU & L. F. TOLEDO (Brazil)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2220: 41-66 (4 Sep. 2009) 10 plates; 58 references                           Accepted: 4 Aug. 2009
The amphibian community at Yanayacu Biological Station, Ecuador, with a
comparison of vertical microhabitat use among Pristimantis species and the description of a new species of the Pristimantis myersi group
JUAN M. GUAYASAMIN (Ecuador) & W. CHRIS FUNK (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2215: 37-54 (31 Aug. 2009) 4 plates; 56 references                          Accepted: 14 Aug. 2009
A new species of Osteocephalus (Anura: Hylidae) from Amazonian Bolivia: first
evidence of tree frog breeding in fruit capsules of the Brazil nut tree
JI
ŘÍ MORAVEC (Czech Republic), JAMES APARICIO (Bolivia), MARCELO GUERRERO-REINHARD (Bolivia), GONZALO CALDERÓN (Bolivia), KARL-HEINZ JUNGFER (Germany) & VÁCLAV GVOŽDÍK (Czech Republic)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2211: 1-35 (27 Aug. 2009) 11 plates; 97 references                           Accepted: 22 Jul. 2009
A new frog family (Anura: Terrarana) from South America and an expanded
direct-developing clade revealed by molecular phylogeny
MATTHEW P. HEINICKE (USA), WILLIAM E. DUELLMAN (USA), LINDA TRUEB (USA), D. BRUCE MEANS (USA), ROSS D. MacCULLOCH (Canada) & S. BLAIR HEDGES (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2209: 43-56 (26 Aug. 2009) 6 plates; 24 references                           Accepted: 9 Jul. 2009
Small-sized dicroglossids from India, with the description of a new species from
West Bengal, India
ANNEMARIE OHLER (France), KAUSHIK DEUTI (India), STÉPHANE GROSJEAN (India),
SUBHADIP PAUL (India), ANAND KUMAR AYYASWAMY (India), M. FIROZ AHMED (India), & SUSHIL K. DUTTA (India)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2203: 65-68 (19 Aug. 2009) 1 plates; 17 references                           Accepted: 30 Jul. 2009
The Tadpole of Vitreorana oyampiensis (Anura, Centrolenidae) in Central
Amazonia, Brazil
MARCELO MENIN, ALBERTINA P. LIMA & DOMINGOS J. RODRIGUES (brazil)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2198: 51-60 (14 Aug. 2009) 4 plates; 27 references                            Accepted: 6 Jul. 2009
A new species of Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from central Vietnam
JODI J. L. ROWLEY (Australia) & CAO TIEN TRUNG (Vietnam)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2191: 58-68 (7 Aug. 2009) 3 plates; 45 references                            Accepted: 2 Jun. 2009
A new species of the genus Theloderma Tschudi, 1838 (Anura: Rhacophoridae)
from Northwestern Vietnam
RAOUL H. BAIN (USA), TRUONG Q. NGUYEN (Vietnam) & KIEN V. DOAN (Vietnam)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2161: 47-59 (17 Jul. 2009) 9 plates; 30 references                            Accepted: 26 Jun. 2009
A new species of Noblella (Amphibia: Strabomantidae) from the western slopes
of the Andes of Ecuador
JUAN M. GUAYASAMIN & ANDREA TERÁN-VALDEZ (Ecuador)

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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2151: 66-68 (7 Jul. 2009) 1 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 5 Jun. 2009
The tadpole of Odontophrynus cordobae Martino & Sinsch, 2002 (Anura: Cycloramphidae) from central Argentina
PABLO R. GRENAT, LUCIO M. ZAVALA GALLO, NANCY E. SALAS & ADOLFO L. MARTINO (Argentina)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2149: 62-68 (6 Jul. 2009) 4 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 2 Jun. 2009
A new species of hynobiid salamander (Urodela: Hynobiidae: Pseudohynobius) from Southwestern China
GANG WEI, JIAN-LI XIONG, MIAN HOU & XIAO-MAO ZENG (China)

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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 (52 articles; 2 monographs; 9 correspondence)

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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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2007  (63 articles; 2 monographs; 1 correspondence)

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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Monograph 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Monograph 
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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Article 
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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Correspondence 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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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Article 
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  (39 articles)

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 (6 articles)

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 (6 articles)

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 (5 articles)

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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