Tadpole of Atelopus franciscus from French Guyana, with comments on other larvae of the genus (Anura: Bufonidae)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 148-153

  Boistel, Renaud ^a,d   Grosjean, Stéphane ^b   Lötters, Stefan ^c  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; ATELOPUS; ATELOPUS FLAVESCENS; ATELOPUS TRICOLOR; BUFONIDAE;

EID: 16244384999     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2005)039[0147:TOAFFF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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