Parental care and egg mortality in Colostethus stepheni

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 292-294

  Juncá, Flora A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOSTETHUS STEPHENI;

EID: 0030426511     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565530     Document Type: Article

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