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The Japanese Common Toad, Bufo japonicus formosus, Contains Toxin in the Egg Stage

The Japanese Common Toad, Bufo japonicus formosus, Contains Toxin in the Egg Stage

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The Japanese Common Toad, Bufo japonicus formosus, Contains Toxin in the Egg Stage

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The Japanese Common Toad, Bufo japonicus formosus, Contains Toxin in the Egg Stage

Publisher

Kyoto: UniBio Press

Journal title

Current Herpetology, 2021-02, Vol.40 (1), p.103-106

Language

English

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Kyoto: UniBio Press

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Contents

Bufonid toads generally possess cardiotoxic steroids called bufadienolides as defensive chemicals. Although knowledge of the life stages at which the toad species possess the poison is important for our understanding of diversity of toxicity among bufonid toads, this knowledge is limited. In the present study, we revealed that the Japanese common t...

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The Japanese Common Toad, Bufo japonicus formosus, Contains Toxin in the Egg Stage

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2597522055

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2597522055

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ISSN

1345-5834,1881-1019

E-ISSN

1881-1019

DOI

10.5358/hsj.40.103

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