Reproduction in the nest building vizcacheras frog Leptodactylus bufonius in central Argentina

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 415-427

  Reading, C J ^a   Jofre G M ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FROG; NESTING; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEX RATIO;

ARGENTINA; CORDOBA [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANURA; LEPTODACTYLUS; LEPTODACTYLUS BUFONIUS;

EID: 1642300809     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853803322763882     Document Type: Article

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