A new example of female parental behaviour in Leptodactylus validus, a frog of the leptodactylid 'melanonotus' species group

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 32-34

  Downie, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

LEPTODACTYLUS VALIDUS;

EID: 0030027072     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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