Presence and absence of the cement gland in foam-nesting leptodactylids (Anura: Leptodactylidae): Implications for the transition to terrestrial development

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-81

  Downie, J R ^a   Nokhbatolfoghahai, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cement gland; Foam nest; Frog reproductive strategy; Trinidad

Indexed keywords

ANURA; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; LEPTODACTYLUS FUSCUS; PHYSALAEMUS PUSTULOSUS;

EID: 33745827728     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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