Larval diversity and development in the Singapore Anura (Amphibia)

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-137

  Leong, T M ^a   Chou, L M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anura; Larva; Singapore; Tadpole

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033460708     PISSN: 02172445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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