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is finely glandular and smooth; colouration is grey-brown with irregular darker markings. There can be red speckles above the eyes. The ventral side of the body is white. The hind feet have enlarged
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544:The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians
355:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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259:is present but inconspicuous. No
811:IUCN Red List endangered species
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846:Taxa named by Georges Pasteur
228:to the coastal north-western
836:Amphibians described in 1959
224:. As currently known, it is
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841:Taxa named by Jacques Bons
826:Amphibians of North Africa
278:is aloud, harsh clucking.
440:C. Michael Hogan (2014).
393:Frost, Darrel R. (2021).
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63:Scientific classification
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831:Endemic fauna of Morocco
289:Habitat and conservation
214:Varaldi's spadefoot toad
446:Pasteur and Bons, 1959"
399:Pasteur and Bons, 1959"
276:male advertisement call
206:Moroccan spadefoot toad
783:Paleobiology Database
362:: e.T58054A11723994.
317:Biological Reserve.
33:Conservation status
645:Pelobates-varaldii
618:Pelobates varaldii
588:Pelobates varaldii
480:Pelobates varaldii
450:African Amphibians
444:Pelobates varaldii
411:10.5531/db.vz.0001
397:Pelobates varaldii
348:Pelobates varaldii
310:Gambusia holbrooki
294:Pelobates varaldii
216:, is a species of
210:Moroccan spadefoot
201:Pelobates varaldii
172:Pelobates varaldii
25:Pelobates varaldii
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580:Taxon identifiers
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315:Merja Zerga
247:Description
222:Pelobatidae
182: [
130:Pelobatidae
805:Categories
321:References
269:metatarsal
48:Endangered
816:Pelobates
298:fossorial
148:Species:
141:Pelobates
86:Kingdom:
80:Eukaryota
723:10597880
603:Q1552418
597:Wikidata
283:tadpoles
257:tympanum
241:varaldii
126:Family:
110:Amphibia
100:Chordata
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90:Animalia
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53:IUCN 3.1
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697:2430564
234:Melilla
230:Morocco
226:endemic
179:Pasteur
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718:IRMNG
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671:76CZL
212:, or
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120:Anura
757:NCBI
744:IUCN
731:ITIS
692:GBIF
653:BOLD
632:5272
549:ISBN
522:ISBN
494:2021
457:2021
418:2021
377:2021
360:2004
281:The
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218:frog
190:Bons
188:and
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