Population status of the Taurus frog, Rana holtzi Werner (1898), in its terra typica: Is there a decline?

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 317-319

  Kaya, Uǧur ^a   Çevik, I Ethem ^a   Erişmiş, Uǧur C ^b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anuran decline; Maden Lake (Karag l); Population size; Rana holtzi; Taurus frog

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; FROG; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; TAURIDES; TURKEY; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA HOLTZI;

EID: 27344443544     PISSN: 13000179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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