Midwife toads (Alytes muletensis) avoid chemical cues from snakes (Natrix maura)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 572-574

  Schley, Laurent ^a,b   Griffiths, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALYTES MULETENSIS; NATRIX MAURA;

EID: 0032433458     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565212     Document Type: Article

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