Spotted snout-burrower | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Hemisotidae |
Genus: | Hemisus |
Species: | H. guttatus |
Binomial name | |
Hemisus guttatus (Rapp, 1842) | |
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