A field guide to the caecilians of the Western Ghats, India

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-85

  Bhatta, Gopalakrishna ^a  

^a Sri JCBM College   (India)

Author keywords

Caecilians; Field guide; Microhabitat; Morphological and morphometric parameters

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CAECILIAN; ENDEMIC AMPHIBIAN; FIELD GUIDE; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MORPHOLOGY;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BREEDING; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; TAXONOMY;

INDIA; WESTERN GHATS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; CAECILIA; GYMNOPHIONA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0031896747     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02728526     Document Type: Article

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