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Foam-generating behaviour in tadpoles of Leptodactylus latinasus (Amphibia, Leptodactylidae): significance in systematics

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  • 1. CONICET. Instituto de Herpetología. Fundación Miguel Lillo. Miguel Lillo 251. 4000- San Miguel de Tucumán. Argentina. E-mail: mlponssa@hotmail.com; pretorum@hotmail.com

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Ponssa, María Laura, Barrionuevo, J. Sebastián (2008): Foam-generating behaviour in tadpoles of Leptodactylus latinasus (Amphibia, Leptodactylidae): significance in systematics. Zootaxa 1884 (1): 51-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1884.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1884.1.3

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