paratype
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The mount contains at least some bones from the paratype, but there could be others in the mix.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 16, 2017
A second Speeton Clay specimen, discovered in 1985, is in the collections of the Natural History Museum in London and was used by us as a second paratype.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 3, 2012
The paratype is an adult male, having a snout-vent length of 26.3 mm., and agrees with the holotype in proportions.
From Descriptions of Two Species of Frogs, Genus Ptychohyla Studies of American Hylid Frogs, V by William E. Duellman
In a few of these specimens, the holotype of festae, and one paratype of cabrerai the webbing extends to the middle of the penultimate phalanges of the third and fourth fingers.
From A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus by William E. Duellman
The type and topotypic paratype were given to a member of the K.U. field party by a Mexican youth who had obtained them the previous night on the lower rocky slopes of the canyon.
From A New Snake of the Genus Geophis From Chihuahua, Mexico by John M. Legler
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