Reproductive strategies of Leptodactylus chaquensis and L. podicipinus in the Pantanal, Brazil

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 135-139

  De Almeida Prado, Cynthia P ^a   Uetanabaro, Masao ^a   Lopes, Frederico S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTODACTYLUS CHAQUENSIS; LEPTODACTYLUS PODICIPINUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034023766     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565249     Document Type: Article

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