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Published: 2025-07-17
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Vocalizations of mossy frogs (Anura: Rhacophoridae: Theloderma)

Laboratory Mecadev UMR 7179 CNRS/MNHN; Département Adaptations du Vivant; Bâtiment d’Anatomie Comparée; 55 rue Buffon; 75005; Paris; France
Aix Marseille Univ; CNRS; Centrale Marseille; LMA UMR 7031; Marseille; 4 impasse Nikola Tesla; 13453 Marseille; France
Laboratory Mecadev UMR 7179 CNRS/MNHN; Département Adaptations du Vivant; Bâtiment d’Anatomie Comparée; 55 rue Buffon; 75005; Paris; France
Biogeography Department; Trier University; Universitätsring 15; 54296 Trier; Germany
Amphibia mossy frogs Theloderma

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How to Cite

Boistel, R., Scotti, T., Bellalouna, M.G. & Plewnia, A. (2025) Vocalizations of mossy frogs (Anura: Rhacophoridae: Theloderma). Zootaxa, 5661 (4), 593–600. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.4.10