Food habit of the juvenile of the Japanese newt Cynops pyrrhogaster

Zoological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 855-859

  Matsui, Kumi ^a   Mochida, Koji ^a   Nakamura, Masahisa ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Food habits; Newt Cynops pyrrhogaster; Salamander H. nebulosus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JAPAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SALAMANDER; STOMACH JUICE;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; JAPAN; SALAMANDRIDAE;

ACARI; AMPHIPODA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANEIDES FERREUS; ANIMALIA; COLLEMBOLA; CYNOPS; CYNOPS PYRRHOGASTER; HYNOBIUS; SALAMANDRIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141707973     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.20.855     Document Type: Article

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