Ontogenetic diet change in the arthroleptid frog Schoutedenella xenodactyloides

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 388-394

  Blackburn, David C ^a   Moreau, Corrie S ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ARTHROLEPTIDAE; ARTHROPODA; FORMICIDAE; RANOIDEA; SCHOUTEDENELLA;

EID: 33845306825     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2006)40[388:ODCITA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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