Fall breeding of the Southern Leopard Frog (Rana sphenocephala) in northeastern Arkansas

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 401-408

  McCallum, Malcolm L ^a   Trauth, Stanley E ^b   Mary, Michelle N ^b   McDowell, Charles ^b   Wheeler, Benjamin A ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; FELIDAE; RANA SPHENOCEPHALA;

EID: 24344498731     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2004)003[0401:FBOTSL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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