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Aquarium Behaviour and Breeding of Hymenochirus
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Aquarium Behaviour and Breeding of Hymenochirus

  • R. OLSSON1 &
  • L. ÖSTERDAHL1 

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Hymenochirus 1 is a genus of West African clawed aquatic toads which are considered to be closely related to Xenopus. In fact its members were originally described as belonging to the genus Xenopus 2.

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OLSSON, R., ÖSTERDAHL, L. Aquarium Behaviour and Breeding of Hymenochirus . Nature 188, 869 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/188869a0

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