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Issue: Vol. 5760 No. 5: 26 Feb. 2026
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2026-02-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5760.5.7
Page range: 590-596
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Proposed transfer of Hylarana margariana Anderson, 1879 to the genus Odorrana Fei, Ye & Huang, 1990 (Anura: Ranidae)

The School of Medicine & Pharmacy; Duy Tan University; Da Nang 550000; Vietnam; Department of Biological Sciences; Graduate School of Science; Tokyo Metropolitan University; Hachioji; Tokyo; 192-0397; Japan
Institut de Systématique; Évolution; Biodiversité; MNHN-CNRS-SU-EPHE-UA; Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle; Sorbonne Universités; 57 rue Cuvier; CP 51; 75005 Paris; France
Department of Vertebrate Zoology; Biological Faculty; Lomonosov Moscow State University; Moscow 119234; Russia
Amphibia Hylarana margariana taxonomy Myanmar

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How to Cite

Nguyen, T.V., Ohler, A. & Poyarkov, N.A. (2026) Proposed transfer of Hylarana margariana Anderson, 1879 to the genus Odorrana Fei, Ye & Huang, 1990 (Anura: Ranidae). Zootaxa, 5760 (5), 590–596. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5760.5.7