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Boggiani's Recent Explorations Amongst Native Tribes of the Upper Paraguay River

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THE country along the upper course of the Paraguay has recently been attracting the attention of men of science. A short time ago naturalists were aroused by the wonderful discovery made by Dr. Bohls of Lepidosiren paradoxa, that rarest and strangest of fish, living in abundance in lagoons in the Lengua territory of the Gran Chaco, not very far from the right bank of the Paraguay.

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GIGLIOLI, H. Boggiani's Recent Explorations Amongst Native Tribes of the Upper Paraguay River. Nature 53, 545–547 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/053545b0

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