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1455:iNaturalist
1395:Telmatobius
1381:Telmatobius
1375:Wikispecies
1351:Telmatobius
1220:11336/96454
1026:Telmatobius
946:Wiens, 1993
926:Wiens, 1993
746:Wiens, 1993
576:Noble, 1938
526:Wiens, 1993
486:Wiens, 1993
476:Trueb, 1979
396:Wiens, 1993
349:Telmatobius
332:T. yuracare
326:T. vellardi
283:Telmatobius
239:Telmatobius
227:Telmatobius
206:Telmatobius
154:Telmatobius
41:Telmatobius
25:Telmatobius
1552:Categories
1275:24 January
1038:9 February
1006:References
303:introduced
287:threatened
275:T. mayoloi
112:Suborder:
1229:0362-2525
1095:: 39–55.
496:Cei, 1977
267:T. culeus
263:T. culeus
169:Diversity
141:Fitzinger
72:Kingdom:
66:Eukaryota
1366:Q2702463
1360:Wikidata
355:remain.
320:T. niger
279:T. gigas
185:Synonyms
160:Wiegmann
132:Family:
126:Hyloidea
96:Amphibia
86:Chordata
82:Phylum:
76:Animalia
62:Domain:
1473:1022302
1447:2423535
1089:Zootaxa
343:Species
337:endling
243:aquatic
149:Genus:
102:Order:
92:Class:
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1512:736944
1486:207997
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1065:23 May
277:, and
257:) and
247:Andean
215:Andean
162:, 1834
143:, 1843
1535:31489
1499:93484
1468:IRMNG
1460:22791
1434:42664
1408:81797
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211:genus
209:is a
106:Anura
1494:NCBI
1481:ITIS
1442:GBIF
1421:7TJ6
1403:BOLD
1277:2020
1249:ISBN
1225:ISSN
1178:ISBN
1127:2015
1093:3148
1067:2015
1040:2017
297:and
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177:text
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