Calls of the levantine frog, rana bedriagae, at birket ata, Israel (amphibia: Anura)

Zoology in the Middle East

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 101-116

  Schneider, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Advertisement call; Call analysis; Rana bedriagae; Territorial calls

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; FROG;

ISRAEL;

RANA BEDRIAGAE;

EID: 0033398293     PISSN: 09397140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.1999.10637799     Document Type: Article

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