Moulting behavior in leaf-frogs of the Genus Phyllomedusa (Anura:Hylidae)

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Volumn 240, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-6

  Castanho, Luciano Mendes ^a   De Luca, Iara Maria Silva ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Atlantic forest; Brazil; Skin; Water economy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; MOLTING; MORPHOLOGY; SKIN LIPID;

ADAPTATION; FROG; MOLT; WATER ECONOMICS;

PHYLLOMEDUSA DISTINCTA; PHYLLOMEDUSA TARSIUS; PHYLLOMEDUSA TETRAPLOIDEA;

EID: 0034994932     PISSN: 00445231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0044-5231-00001     Document Type: Article

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