Description of the tadpole of Leptodactylus syphax, with a comparison of morphological and ecological characters of tadpoles and adults of the species in the L. pentadactylus group (Leptodactylidae, Anura)

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 341-350

  Eterovick, Paula ^a   Sazima, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

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EID: 0012587029     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853800507534     Document Type: Article

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