Feeding habits of the pond frog, Rana nigromaculata, inhabiting rice fields in Kyoto, Japan

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 1999, Pages 940-947

  Hirai, Toshiaki ^a   Matsui, Masafumi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FROG; PREY AVAILABILITY;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KYOTO;

ANURA; ARTHROPODA; RANA NIGROMACULATA;

EID: 0033579398     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447969     Document Type: Article

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