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26 November 2021 LIMB MALFORMATION IN A FOOTHILL YELLOW-LEGGED FROG (RANA BOYLII) FROM SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Jeff A Alvarez, Kyla M Garten, David G Cook
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Abstract

Reports of limb malformations in amphibians have increased in the last 20 y. In California, this includes anuran species in the families Hylidae and Ranidae. While working with Foothill Yellow-legged Frogs in Sonoma County, we observed a malformation of a hind limb in 1 individual, the source of which was undetermined. We believe this to be only the second such report of a malformation in this declining species.

Jeff A Alvarez, Kyla M Garten, and David G Cook "LIMB MALFORMATION IN A FOOTHILL YELLOW-LEGGED FROG (RANA BOYLII) FROM SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA," Northwestern Naturalist 102(3), 258-260, (26 November 2021). https://doi.org/10.1898/1051-1733-102.3.258
Received: 7 January 2021; Accepted: 5 March 2021; Published: 26 November 2021
KEYWORDS
California
declining
deformity
foothill yellow-legged frog
malformation
parasite
pathogen
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