Courtship call of the frog Eleutherodactylus schwartzi from the british virgin islands

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 501-504

  Ovaska, Kristiina E ^a,b,c   Caldbeck, Jeannine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Biolinx Environmental Research Ltd   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS SCHWARTZI;

EID: 0032705428     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565653     Document Type: Article

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