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Research Article

A new species of Noblella (Amphibia: Strabomantidae) from the Río Manduriacu Reserve on the Pacific slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes

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Pages 162-171 | Received 23 Oct 2019, Accepted 10 Aug 2020, Published online: 21 Aug 2020

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