Cocoon formation and metabolic depression by the aestivating hylid frogs Cyclorana australis and Cyclorana cultripes (Amphibia: Hylidae)

Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-40

  Withers, P C ^a   Thompson, G G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aestivation; Cocoon; Cyclorana; Evaporative water loss; Hylid frog; Metabolic depression

Indexed keywords

COCOON; FROG; METABOLISM;

AUSTRALIA;

CYCLORANA AUSTRALIS; CYCLORANA CULTRIPES;

EID: 0033826062     PISSN: 0035922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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