Raising semi-terrestrial tadpoles of Nannophrys ceylonensis (Anura, Ranidae) in the laboratory

Herpetological Review

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-26

  Wickramasinghe, Deepthi D ^a   Oseen, Kerri L ^b   Kotagama, S W ^a   Wassersug, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; NANNOPHRYS CEYLONENSIS; RANIDAE;

EID: 15944396127     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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