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Axsanthism in the fire-bellied toad (Bombina bombina) from the Nizhny Novgorod region
| Lebedinsky Andrey Artemievich | PhD, Nizhny Novgorod State University named after N. I. Lobachevsky, 23, Gagarin Ave., Nizhny Novgorod, 603022, Russia, leb-nn@yandex.ru |
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Keywords: fire-bellied toad axanthism |
Summary: The work contains information about a case of axanthism in a fire-bellied toad (Bombina bombina L., 1761) caught in the Nizhny Novgorod region in May 2019. The found anomaly is manifested in the absence of red or orange spots characteristic of this species of tailless amphibians in the coloration of the lower body, legs and head. At the same time, the coloration of the upper part of the body of this individual is not anomalous; it is completely typical for the fire-bellied toad. © Petrozavodsk State University |
Published on: 27 March 2026 | |
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