Seasonal color change in a population of Pacific Treefrogs (Pseudacris regilla)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 161-165

  Wente, Wendy H ^a,b   Phillips, John B ^a,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Virginia Tech ^*  (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; HYLA; PSEUDACRIS REGILLA;

EID: 16244380207     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2005)039[0161:SCCIAP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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