Descriptions of the tadpoles of Aglyptodactylus laticeps and Aglyptodactylus securifer from western Madagascar, with notes on life history and ecology

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 131-136

  Glos, Julian ^a   Linsenmair, K Eduard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGLYPTODACTYLUS; AGLYPTODACTYLUS LATICEPS; AGLYPTODACTYLUS MADAGASCARIENSIS; AGLYPTODACTYLUS SECURIFER; ANURA; LALIOSTOMA LABROSUM; MANTELLINAE; RANOIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2142675558     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/47-03     Document Type: Article

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