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Descriptive skeletal anatomy of Blommersia transmarina (Amphibia: Anura: Mantellidae) from the Comoro Islands

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  • 1. Department of Biogeography and Global Change (BGC-MNCN-CSIC), Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, C/José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006, Madrid, Spain Department of Animal Biology, University of Barcelona, Avenida Diagonal 645, 08028,
  • 2. Department of Biogeography and Global Change (BGC-MNCN-CSIC), Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, C/José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006, Madrid, Spain
  • 3. Department of Biogeography and Global Change (BGC-MNCN-CSIC), Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, C/José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006, Madrid, Spain vieites@mncn.csic.es

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Santos-Santos, Javier H., Guinovart-Castán, Mireia, Vieites, David R. (2020): Descriptive skeletal anatomy of Blommersia transmarina (Amphibia: Anura: Mantellidae) from the Comoro Islands. Contributions to Zoology 89 (1): 14-73, DOI: 10.1163/18759866-20191405, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18759866-20191405

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