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An overview of the osseous palmar sesamoid in Anura, with the particular case of some Rhinella species [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Background Sesamoids are generally regarded as structures that are not part of the tetrapod body plan. The presence of a palmar sesamoid is assumed to serve as a distribution point for the forces of the flexor digitorum communis muscle to the flexor ...
Adriana Manzano, Virginia Abdala
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Identification and characterization of a new family of long satellite DNA, specific of true toads (Anura, Amphibia, Bufonidae) [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Amphibians have some of the most variable genome sizes among vertebrates. Genome size variation has been attributed to repetitive and noncoding DNA, including satellite repeats, transposable elements, introns, and nuclear insertions of viral and ...
Katerina Guzmán +5 more
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Anura, Bufonidae, Melanophryniscus simplex: distribution extension [PDF]
Check List, 2007 None
Patrick Colombo +4 more
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Caldasia, 1973 Karyotypes of eight of South American Bufonidae were studied: B.ictericus, B. spinulosus spinulosus, B. arenarum, B. g. fernandezae, B. g. d'orbignyi, B. crucifer, B. paracnemis and B. marinus. In all species 2n = 22 chromosomes were found.
Brum Zorrilla N., Saenz F. A.
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Phylogenetic Study of Bufonidae (Amphibia: Anura) From West Sumatra (Indo-nesia) Based on Cytochrome bGene [PDF]
Journal of Tropical Life Science, 2021 Bufonidaeis a widelydistributedamphibian family around the world, includingIndonesia (Sumatra) and Asia. Sumatra is an island thathas separated because of sea level increaseand createsa gene flow barrier for amphibiansin Sumatra and Asia.
Djong Hon Tjong +2 more
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eLife, 2022 Taxa with vast distribution ranges often display unresolved phylogeographic structures and unclear taxonomic boundaries resulting in hidden diversity.
Siti N Othman +15 more
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Characterization of the mitochondrial genomes of two toads, Anaxyrus americanus (Anura: Bufonidae) and Bufotes pewzowi (Anura: Bufonidae), with phylogenetic and selection pressure analyses [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Mitogenomes are useful in analyzing phylogenetic relationships and also appear to influence energy metabolism, thermoregulation and osmoregulation.
Yu-Ting Cai +4 more
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Caldasia, 1978 Se describe una nueva especie del género Atelopus (loc. typ.: Río Carauta, Parque Nacional Natural de las Orquídeas, vertiente occidental de la Cordillera Occidental, Departamento de Antioquia, Colombia), distinguible de sus congéneres principalmente por
Ruíz Carranza Pedro M. +1 more
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Acta et Commentationes: Ştiinţe Exacte şi ale Naturii, 2022 In this study is made an ecological analysis of the species composition, structure of the helminth community and the invasion degree of Ranidae and Bufonidae families in different habitats in Moldova. As a result, it has been established the presence of
Elena Gherasim +3 more
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Database of Amphibia distribution in West Siberia (Russia) [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2022 West Siberia is a large region in North Eurasia, which harbours multiple climatic zones, landscape types and biomes. Its amphibian fauna is characterised by a combination of European and Asian species. For many species, this region is the place where the
Evgeniy Simonov +4 more
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