Vocalisation and larval transportation of male Colostethus subpunctatus (Anura: Dendrobatidae)

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-48

  Fandiño, María Claudia ^a   Lüddecke, Horst ^a   Amézquita, Adolfo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; COLOSTETHUS; COLOSTETHUS SUBPUNCTATUS; DENDROBATIDAE;

TADPOLE TRANSPORTATION; VOCALIZATION;

COLOMBIA;

EID: 0031415177     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853897X00297     Document Type: Article

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