Age Structure and Growth Rate of the Triploid Batura Toad, Bufotes baturae (Anura: Bufonidae), Inhabitant of a High Altitude Hot Spring in the Eastern Pamirs (Tajikistan)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2023-30-2-79-87
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