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Issue: Vol. 5453 No. 1: 17 May 2024
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2024-05-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5453.1.9
Page range: 129-134
Abstract views: 97
PDF downloaded: 4

New distributional record of Sri Lankan wet land species Hylarana gracilis (Gravenhorst, 1829) (Anura: Ranidae) from the Eastern Ghats, India

Freshwater Biology Regional Centre; Zoological Survey of India; Hyderabad 500048
Zoological Survey of India; Western Regional Centre; Pune; Maharashtra; 411044
Freshwater Biology Regional Centre; Zoological Survey of India; Hyderabad 500048
Andhra Pradesh Biodiversity Board; Guntur District; Andhra Pradesh; 522510
Zoological Survey of India; Western Regional Centre; Pune; Maharashtra; 411044
Freshwater Biology Regional Centre; Zoological Survey of India; Hyderabad 500048
Freshwater Biology Regional Centre; Zoological Survey of India; Hyderabad 500048
Amphibia India Anura Ranidae

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