The amphibian fauna at two altitudes in the Sinharaja rainforest, Sri Lanka

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 175-178

  Wijesinghe, Mayuri R ^a   Dayawansa, P N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Abundance; Distribution; Diversity; Frogs

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038405000     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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