Case of Polydactyly Limb in Juvenile Mugger Crocodile (Crocodylus palustris)

Raju Vyas

Abstract


First, ever recorded case of congenital defects as polydactyly case in wild population of mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) of River Vishwamitri, Gujarat, India.

Keywords


Reptile; Crocodile; Anomaly; wild population; Gujarat; India

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2018-25-2-139-142

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