Diets of two sympatric neotropical salamanders, Bolitoglossa mexicana and B. rufescens, with notes on reproduction for B. rufescens

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 601-607

  Anderson, Michael T ^a   Mathis, Alicia ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIUMA MEANS; BOLITOGLOSSA MEXICANA; BOLITOGLOSSA RUFESCENS; CAUDATA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032762811     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565576     Document Type: Article

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