Food habits of Eleutherodactylus parvus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) at an Atlantic Rainforest area, southeastern Brazil

Herpetological Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 135-137

  Marra, Rodrigo Ventura ^a   Van Sluys, Monique ^a   Rocha, Carlos Frederico D ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS PARVUS; LEPTODACTYLIDAE;

EID: 3142758792     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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