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One pair of the smaller submetacentrics has a secondary constriction in each long arm. It is of interest that this species was originally described by Cantor in 1842 as a variety of Rana esculenta (see karyotype in Volume 1, Folio Am-10).
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Beçak, M.L., Beçak, W., Roberts, F.L., Shoffner, R.N., Volpe, E.P. (1973). Rana nigromaculata (Hallowell) (Black-spotted, or Tonosama frog) 2n = 26. In: Beçak, M.L., Beçak, W., Roberts, F.L., Shoffner, R.N., Volpe, E.P. (eds) Chromosome Atlas: Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Birds. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65751-1_15
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