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The largest lungless tetrapod: report on a second specimen of Atretochoana eiselti (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Typhlonectidae) from Brazil

M. Wilkinson School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1UG, UK; Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, UK
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A. Sebben Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Brasília, 70.910, Brasília, D.F., Brasil
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E.N.F. Schwartz Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Brasília, 70.910, Brasília, D.F., Brasil
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C.A. Schwartz Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, UK
Pages 617-627 | Accepted 03 Oct 1997, Published online: 17 Feb 2007

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