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Issue: Vol. 5453 No. 1: 17 May 2024
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2024-05-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5453.1.10
Page range: 135-143
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Redescription of the holotype of the cane toad Rana marina Linnaeus, 1758 (Anura: Bufonidae)

Laboratório de Herpetologia e Comportamento Animal; Departamento de Ecologia; Instituto de Ciências Biológicas; Universidade Federal de Goiás; 74690-900 Goiânia; GO; Brazil
Zoological Institute; Russian Academy of Sciences; Universitetskaya nab. 1; St. Petersburg; 199034; Russia
Laboratório de Herpetologia e Comportamento Animal; Departamento de Ecologia; Instituto de Ciências Biológicas; Universidade Federal de Goiás; 74690-900 Goiânia; GO; Brazil
Amphibia Anura: Bufonidae Rana marina

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