Breeding biology of Litoria booroolongensis (moore, 1961), and Litoria lesueuri (duméril & bibron, 1841) (anura: hylidae) and comments on population declines of L. booroolongensis

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 33-44

  Anstis, Marion ^a   Alford, Ross A ^b   Gillespie, Graeme R ^c,d  

^a James Cook University ^*  (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Embryology; Habitat; Larval development; Litoria booroolongensis; Litoria lesueuri; Population decline

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003089047     PISSN: 00855812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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