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Type: Correspondence
Published: 2021-11-18
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Larval external morphology and chondrocranium of Leptobrachella bidoupensis (Anura: Megophryidae), an endemic litter toad from southern Vietnam

A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 33, Leninsky prospect, Moscow 117071, Russia. Joint Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Research and Technological Centre, Nguyen Van Huyen, Nghia Do, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam
Amphibia

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