Morphological changes in the female reproductive organs during mating in Colostethus stepheni and associated behaviour

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 303-308

  Juncá, Flora Acuña ^a   Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG PRODUCTION; MATING BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SUCCESSION;

ANURA; COLOSTETHUS STEPHENI; DENDROBATIDAE;

EID: 33748534491     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853806778190097     Document Type: Article

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