Sexual size dimorphism and age in the midwife toads Alytes obstetricans and A. cisternasii

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 52-59

  Márquez, Rafael ^a,b   Esteban, Marisa ^c   Castanet, Jacques ^d  

^a Depto de Zool e Antropologia   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALYTES CISTERNASII; ALYTES OBSTETRICANS; ANURA;

EID: 0030996927     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565328     Document Type: Article

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