A squamous cell carcinoma and an adenocarcinoma in Australian treefrogs
L Berger1, R Speare, D Middleton
1School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811.
Australian Veterinary Journal
|April 20, 2004
Abstract:
We describe the pathology in a captive adult White lipped treefrog (Litoria infrafrenata) with a squamous cell carcinoma of the skin and a free-living adult Common green treefrog (L. caerulea) with an adenocarcinoma of the skin. Although many amphibian neoplasms have been reported world wide, none had been described in Australian species.
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