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Quantification of underwater calling and foraging activities in the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis

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Lorrain-Soligon, Léa, Secondi, Jean (2022): Quantification of underwater calling and foraging activities in the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis. Amphibia-Reptilia 43 (4): 357-367, DOI: 10.1163/15685381-bja10107

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