Food habits and ecology of Pseudis bolsodactyla (Anura: Pseudidae) from a flood plain in south-eastern Brazil

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 153-155

  Teixeira, Rogério L ^a,b   Vrcibradic, Davor ^c   Schineider, José A P ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDADE VILA VELHA   (Brazil)

^b Museu de Biologia Prof Mello Leitao   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diet; Frog; Morphology; Size

Indexed keywords

ANURA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; PSEUDIDAE; PSEUDIS; PSEUDIS BOLSODACTYLA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 10644250032     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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