Lumping or splitting in the Cophylinae (Anura: Microhylidae) and the need for a parsimony of taxonomic changes: a response to Peloso et al. (2017)
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1) Zoologisches Institut, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstraße 4, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany 2) Zoologische Staatssammlung München (ZSM-SNSB), Münchhausenstr. 21, 81247 München, Germany 3) Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Via G. Giolitti, 36, 10123 Torino, Italy 4) Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, Friedensplatz 1, 64283 Darmstadt, Germany 5) CIBIO, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, InBIO, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, N 7, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
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