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Box, J; Duguid, A; Read, R; Kimber, R; Knapton, A; Davis, J; Bowland, A (2008). "Central
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Hutchings, P.; Ponder, W. (1999). "Criteria for assessing and conserving threatened invertebrates". In Ponder, W.; Lunney, D. (eds.).
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Liem, D.; Ingram, G (1977). "Two new species of frogs (Anura: Myobatrachidae, Pelodryadidae) from
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1369:IUCN Red List least concern species
999:Australian frogs: a natural history
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381:Accession: JX473814.1 GI: 401064965
365:Accession: JX473815.1 GI: 401064967
216:Distribution of the desert froglet
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397:Accession: AJ269697.1 GI: 7799385
1414:Taxa named by Glen Joseph Ingram
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441:Crinia deserticolca
437:Arenophyrne rotunda
166:C. deserticola
45:Conservation status
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1206:Crinia-deserticola
1180:Crinia_deserticola
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1151:Q549552
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269:endemic
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