Morphological variation of the green toad, Bufo viridis, in Italy: A test of causation

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 540-550

  Castellano, Sergio ^a   Giacoma, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

BUFO VIRIDIS;

EID: 0032415635     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565208     Document Type: Article

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