A new species of the genus <i>Amolops</i> (Anura: Ranidae) from Yunnan, China

Yu-Lu Gan; Guo-Hua Yu; Zheng-Jun Wu

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Yu-Lu Gan, Guo-Hua Yu, Zheng-Jun Wu. A new species of the genus Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) from Yunnan, China. Zoological Research, 2020, 41(2): 188-193. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.018

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Yu-Lu Gan, Guo-Hua Yu, Zheng-Jun Wu. A new species of the genus Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) from Yunnan, China. Zoological Research, 2020, 41(2): 188-193. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.018

Yu-Lu Gan, Guo-Hua Yu, Zheng-Jun Wu. A new species of the genus Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) from Yunnan, China. Zoological Research, 2020, 41(2): 188-193. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.018

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Yu-Lu Gan, Guo-Hua Yu, Zheng-Jun Wu. A new species of the genus Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) from Yunnan, China. Zoological Research, 2020, 41(2): 188-193. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.018

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A new species of the genus Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) from Yunnan, China

doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.018

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Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guilin, Guangxi 541004, China
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Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology, College of Life Science, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, Guangxi 541004, China

Funds: This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31872212) and Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology, Guangxi Normal University (18-A-01-08)

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Corresponding author: E-mail: yugh2018@126.com; wu_zhengjun@aliyun.com
Received Date: 2019-06-28
Publish Date: 2020-03-01

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