The application of skeletochronology to estimate ages of three species of frogs in West Java, Indonesia

Herpetological Review

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 423-425

  Kusrini, Mirza Dikari ^a,b   Alford, Ross A ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Faculty of Forestry   (India)

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ANURA;

EID: 34248997906     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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