Female courtship calls of the litter frog (Rana curtipes) in the tropical forests of Western Ghats, South India

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 431-435

  Krishna, Savitha N ^a   Krishna, Sharath B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FROG; MATE ATTRACTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS;

ANURA; RANA CURTIPES;

EID: 33745938630     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853805774806179     Document Type: Article

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