Intraspecific variation in the advertisement call of the sunset frog Spicospina flammocaerulea (Anura: Myobatrachidae): A frog with a limited geographic distribution

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 285-291

  Smith, M J ^a,c   Roberts, J D ^b   Hammond, T J ^b   Davis, R A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; MYOBATRACHIDAE; SPICOSPINA FLAMMOCAERULEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038687842     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2003)037[0285:IVITAC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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