Seasonal reproduction of a Neotropical frog, the cave coquí (Eleutherodactylus cooki)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2001, Pages 542-547

  Rogowitz, G L ^a,b   Candelaria, C L ^a   Denizard, L E ^a   Melendez L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FROG; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

PUERTO RICO;

ELEUTHERODACTYLUS COOKI;

EID: 0035339623     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2001)001[0542:SROANF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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