Toxicity of green tree frog (Litoria caerulea) skin secretion to the blowflies Calliphora stygia (Fabricius) and Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 85-89

  Williams, C R ^a   Wallman, J F ^b   Tyler, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blowflies; Diptera; Frogs; Skin secretion; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CALLIPHORA STYGIA; CALLIPHORIDAE; DIPTERA; FABRICIUS; HYLIDAE; LITORIA CAERULEA; LUCILIA CUPRINA; LUCILIA SERICATA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0342511145     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1998.tb01551.x     Document Type: Article

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