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Issue: Vol. 5474 No. 3: 27 Jun. 2024
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2024-06-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5474.3.6
Page range: 292-296
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Description and natural history notes of the tadpole of Proceratophrys belzebul (Anura: Odontophrynidae)

Laboratório de História Natural de Anfíbios Brasileiros (LaHNAB); Departamento de Biologia Animal; Instituto de Biologia; Unicamp; Campinas; São Paulo; Brazil; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal; Instituto de Biologia; Universidade Estadual de Campinas; Instituto de Biologia; Campinas; São Paulo; Brazil
Laboratório de História Natural de Anfíbios Brasileiros (LaHNAB); Departamento de Biologia Animal; Instituto de Biologia; Unicamp; Campinas; São Paulo; Brazil; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia; Instituto de Biologia; Universidade Estadual de Campinas; Instituto de Biologia; Campinas; São Paulo; Brazil; Projeto Dacnis; São Paulo; Brazil
Projeto Dacnis; São Paulo; Brazil
Projeto Dacnis; São Paulo; Brazil
Laboratório de História Natural de Anfíbios Brasileiros (LaHNAB); Departamento de Biologia Animal; Instituto de Biologia; Unicamp; Campinas; São Paulo; Brazil; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal; Instituto de Biologia; Universidade Estadual de Campinas; Instituto de Biologia; Campinas; São Paulo; Brazil; rograma de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia; Instituto de Biologia; Universidade Estadual de Campinas; Instituto de Biologia; Campinas; São Paulo; Brazil; Projeto Dacnis; São Paulo; Brazil
Amphibia Anura Odontophrynidae

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