Schooling and swimming behaviors of Hyla semilineata tadpoles (Anura, Hylidae)

Iheringia - Serie Zoologia

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 99-104

  D'Heursel, Anne ^a   Haddad, Célio F B ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Hyla; Larvae; Rana; Ranidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144511910     PISSN: 00734721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0073-47212002000100010     Document Type: Article

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