Predation on tadpoles by hatchlings of the freshwater turtle Pelomedusa subrufa

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 173-183

  Rödel, Mark Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FROG; PREDATION; PREY SELECTION; TURTLE;

AMPHIBIA; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ANURA; HEMISUS MARMORATUS; HYPEROLIUS; HYPEROLIUS NITIDULUS; KASSINA; PELOMEDUSA SUBRUFA; PHRYNOMANTIS MICROPS; PTYCHADENA BIBRONI; PTYCHADENA MACCARTHYENSIS; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 17744406191     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853899506997     Document Type: Article

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