Reproductive Behavior of the Japanese Treefrog, Rhacophorus arboreus (Anura: Rhacophoridae)

Researches on Population Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-10

  Kasuya, Eiiti ^a,b   Hirota, Mariko ^a   Shigehara, Hideko ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anuran; Foam nest; Mating behavior; Rhacophorus arboreus

Indexed keywords

ANURA; RHACOPHORIDAE; RHACOPHORUS ARBOREUS;

EID: 0007006279     PISSN: 00345466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02514965     Document Type: Article

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