Population status and distribution of a decimated amphibian, the relict leopard frog (Rana onca)

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 218-228

  Bradford, David F ^a   Jaeger, Jef R ^b   Jennings, Randy D ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c WESTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; FELIDAE; PANTHERA PARDUS; PISCES; RANA CATESBEIANA; RANA ONCA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2942754305     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2004)049<0218:PSADOA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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