Courtship behavior and vocalizations of the frogs Eleutherodactylus antillensis and E. cochranae on the British Virgin Islands

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 149-155

  Ovaska, Kristiina E ^a   Caldbeck, Jeannine ^b  

^a Renewable Rsrc Consult Serv Ltd   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS ANTILLENSIS; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS COCHRANAE;

EID: 0030919784     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565348     Document Type: Article

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