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Definition of Leptodactylus
1. Noun. Type genus of the Leptodactylidae; in some classifications placed in the family Bufonidae.
Generic synonyms: Amphibian Genus
Group relationships: Family Leptodactylidae, Leptodactylidae
Member holonyms: Crapaud, Leptodactylus Pentadactylus, South American Bullfrog
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leptodactylus
Literary usage of Leptodactylus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Crayfish: An Introduction to the Study of Zoology by Thomas Henry Huxley (1880)
"Undoubtedly, well marked examples of A. leptodactylus are very different from
... The abdominal pleura of A. leptodactylus are narrower, more equal sided, ..."
2. An Introduction to the Study of Zoology: Illustrated by the Crayfish by Thomas Henry Huxley (1891)
"Undoubtedly, well marked examples of A. leptodactylus are very different from
... The abdominal pleura of A. leptodactylus are narrower, more equal sided, ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1901)
"East of the Ural Mountains the genus is said to be lacking, but it is found (the
widely-distributed species P. leptodactylus} introduced in the river Obi ..."
4. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"The author carried out experiments to test the resistance of Leptodactylus
ocellatus (the South American frog) to the action of crystallized strophanthin, ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1887)
"... leptodactylus (M'Coy), see ' Third Rep.' pp. 11-14, ns known by its caudal
appendages (Cambr. Mns. re/923, a/S124, and a few •others), is distinct from ..."
6. The Quarterly Journal by Geological society of London (1853)
"7) from Leintwardine, under the name Lept. leptodactylus, in which the two fingers
occur, in situ, removing all doubt as to its true nature. ..."
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