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Definition of Leptodactylus pentadactylus
1. Noun. Large toothed frog of South America and Central America resembling the bullfrog.
Generic synonyms: Anuran, Batrachian, Frog, Salientian, Toad, Toad Frog
Group relationships: Genus Leptodactylus, Leptodactylus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leptodactylus Pentadactylus
Literary usage of Leptodactylus pentadactylus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes Upon the Island of Dominica (British West Indies): Containing by Symington Grieve (1906)
"Frogs are abundant, and the crapaud or mountain chicken (leptodactylus pentadactylus),
a large variety, is regularly sold in Roseau and is considered a ..."
2. A Manual of Palæontology, for the Use of Students: For the Use of Students by Henry Alleyne Nicholson, Richard Lydekker (1889)
"The cave-deposits of Brazil have also yielded remains of the existing Leptodactylus
pentadactylus. FAMILY RANID^E.—In the ..."
3. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1891)
"leptodactylus pentadactylus, Laur. 10. HYLA RUBRA, Daud. This appears to be the
first record of this South-American Tree- ..."
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