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Issue: Vol. 5768 No. 4: 12 Mar. 2026
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2026-03-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5768.4.11
Page range: 592-596
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On the identity of Phyllonastes lochites: clarifying its distinction from P. arutam (Brito-Zapata, Chávez-Reyes, Pallo-Robles, Carrión-Olmedo, Cisneros-Heredia, and Reyes-Puig, 2024)

Museo de Zoología; Laboratorio de Zoología Terrestre; Instituto de Biodiversidad Tropical IBIOTROP; Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales; Universidad San Francisco de Quito; Quito; Pichincha; Ecuador; Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad; Quito; Pichincha; Ecuador
Museo de Zoología; Laboratorio de Zoología Terrestre; Instituto de Biodiversidad Tropical IBIOTROP; Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales; Universidad San Francisco de Quito; Quito; Pichincha; Ecuador
Amphibia Phyllonastes Noblella Ecuador

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How to Cite

Reyes-Puig, C. & Carrion-Olmedo, J.C. (2026) On the identity of Phyllonastes lochites: clarifying its distinction from P. arutam (Brito-Zapata, Chávez-Reyes, Pallo-Robles, Carrión-Olmedo, Cisneros-Heredia, and Reyes-Puig, 2024). Zootaxa, 5768 (4), 592–596. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5768.4.11