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276:Australian water frogs
259:Heyer & Liem, 1976
119:common eastern froglet
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605:Sunset frog
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483:Blake, 1973
447:Tyler, 1972
429:Tyler, 1976
425:Arenophryne
391:Common name
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596:Liem, 1973
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288:New Guinea
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479:Geocrinia
310:species.
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148:Eukaryota
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