Description of a new reproductive mode in Leptodactylus (Anura, Leptodactylidae), with a review of the reproductive specialization toward terrestriality in the genus

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1128-1133

  Prado, Cynthia P De A ^a   Uetanabaro, Masao ^b   Haddad, Célio F B ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; FROG; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPECIALIZATION;

ANURA; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; LEPTODACTYLUS; LEPTODACTYLUS PODICIPINUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037207181     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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