Conspecific and Heterospecific Pair-formation in Rana porosa brevipoda and Rana nigromaculata, with Reference to Asymmetric Hybridization

Current Herpetology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-26

  Shimoyama, Ryohei ^a  

^a JOETSU UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heterospecific pairing; Hybridization; Pair formation; Rana nigromaculata; Rana porosa brevipoda

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011206965     PISSN: 13455834     EISSN: 18811019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5358/hsj.19.15     Document Type: Article

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