Recent records of alien anurans on the Pacific Island of Guam

Pacific Science

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 469-483

  Christy, Michelle T ^a   Clark, Craig S ^b   Gee II, David E ^c   Vice, Diane ^c   Vice, Daniel S ^b   Warner, Mitchell P ^d   Tyrrell, Claudine L ^a,e   Rodda, Gordon H ^f   Savidge, Julia A ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c Div of Aquatic and Wildl Resources   (Guam)

^d In Depth Photography   (Guam)

^e Fort Collins Science Center ^*  (New Zealand)

^f FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; FROG; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NEW RECORD;

GUAM; MARIANA ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANURA; BOIGA IRREGULARIS; BUFO MARINUS; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS COQUI; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS PLANIROSTRIS; FEJERVARYA CANCRIVORA; HYLIDAE; KALOULA; KALOULA PULCHRA; LITORIA FALLAX; MICROHYLA PULCHRA; POLYPEDATES LEUCOMYSTAX; POLYPEDATES MEGACEPHALUS; PSEUDACRIS REGILLA; RANA GUENTHERI;

EID: 34548043999     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2984/1534-6188(2007)61[469:RROAAO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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