Status, distribution, and ecology of an endangered semi-aquatic frog (Atelognathus patagonicus) of northwestern Patagonia, Argentina

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 2005, Pages 921-929

  Fox, Stanley F ^a   Yoshioka, Joy H ^a   Cuello, María Elena ^b   Úbeda, Carmen ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; DISEASE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FROG; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PREDATION;

ARGENTINA; LAGUNA BLANCA NATIONAL PARK; NEUQUEN; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; ATELOGNATHUS PATAGONICUS; LEPTODACTYLIDAE;

EID: 30344440373     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2005)005[0921:SDAEOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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