Terrestrial prey capture in Xenopus laevis

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 1998, Pages 787-791

  Measey, G John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031857061     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447816     Document Type: Article

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