Invasive populations of Xenopus laevis (Daudin) in Chile

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 163-168

  Lobos, Gabriel ^a   Measey, G John ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

African clawed frogs; Exotic species; Invasive amphibians; South America

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS (GENUS); XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0037728938     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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