Considerations for monitoring a rare anuran (Eleutherodactylus augusti)

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 442-448

  Goldberg, Caren S ^a,b   Schwalbe, Cecil R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS (GENUS); ELEUTHERODACTYLUS AUGUSTI;

EID: 12344260664     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2004)049<0442:CFMARA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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