Captive-breeding programme for the Kihansi spray toad Nectophrynoides asperginis at the Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York

International Zoo Yearbook

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 241-253

  Lee, S ^a   Zippel, K ^a,b   Ramos, L ^a   Searle, J ^a  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Chytridiomycosis; Kihansi spray toad; Lower kihansi hydroelectric project (LKHP); National Amphibian Conservation Center (NACC); Tanzania; Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548338232     PISSN: 00749664     EISSN: 17481090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1090.2006.00241.x     Document Type: Article

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