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column, divided sphenethmoids, and genetic affinities. Skin smooth to slightly granular, occasionally iridescent. A lateral colour border is present but varies in intensity among species. Highly reduced fingers and toes, fusion or loss of carpal 2, and paedomorphic skull morphology: laterally
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744:Categories
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535:Mini ature
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363:References
355:The genus
320:Mini scule
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211:Madagascar
203:microhylid
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