Morphological Variability of Larval Mouthparts of the Marsh Frog Pelophylax ridibundus (Pallas, 1771) (Anura, Ranidae) in Natural Populations of Southeastern Kazakhstan

Abstract

This report presents the results of the analysis of the morphological variability of the larval mouthparts of the marsh frog Pelophylax ridibundus from various natural populations in Southeastern Kazakhstan

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