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Additions to the reptile fauna of Paraguay with notes on a small herpetological collection from Amambay

Roy W. McDiarmid·Mercedes S. Foster
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Specimens in a small collections of reptiles and amphibians from Parque Nacional Cerro Cora, Departamento Amambay, Paraguay are reported. Included are the first records of Bachia bresslaui, Phrynops gibbus, and Ololygon fuscomarginata for that country. Brief notes on morphology, distribution, and natural history of species collected are included. The systematic status of Phrynops tuberculatus vanderhaegei is evaluated.

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Roy W. McDiarmid, Mercedes S. Foster. 1987. Additions to the reptile fauna of Paraguay with notes on a small herpetological collection from Amambay. https://doi.org/10.1080/01650528709360714

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