Reproductive activity of bombina pachypus from southern Italy

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 335-342

  Guarino, Fabio Maria ^a   Bellini, Luigi ^a   Mazzarella, Giuseppe ^a,b   Angelini, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Anura; Bombina pachypus; Gonad histology; Reproductive activity; Sexual steroids

Indexed keywords

REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; TOAD;

ITALY;

BOMBINA PACHYPUS;

EID: 0032461342     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250009809386770     Document Type: Article

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