Wiping behavior and its ecophysiological significance in the Indian tree frog Polypedates maculatus

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 1997, Pages 88-100

  Lillywhite, H B ^a,b   Mittal, A K ^a   Garg, T K ^a   Agrawal, N ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; HYLIDAE; POLYPEDATES; POLYPEDATES MACULATUS; RANIDAE; RHACOPHORIDAE;

EID: 0030892038     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447843     Document Type: Article

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