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Description of the tadpole of Leptodactylus vastus (Anura: Leptodactylidae)

  • 1. Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Área de concentração em zoologia) e Coleção Herpetológica do Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Campus I, João Pessoa, PB, Brasil. 58059-900. E-mail: wlsvieira@yahoo.com.br; gindomar@yahoo.com.br; ksvieira04@yahoo.com.br

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Vieira, Washington Luiz Da Silva, Santana, Gindomar Gomes, Vieira, Kleber Da Silva (2007): Description of the tadpole of Leptodactylus vastus (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Zootaxa 1529 (1): 61-68, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1529.1.5, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1529.1.5

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