Description of the tadpole of Bufo rufus with notes on aggregative behavior

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 711-713

  Eterovick, Paula Cabral ^a,b   Sazima, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFO RUFUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032787028     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565592     Document Type: Article

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