Ecological observations on the Critically Endangered Tobago endemic frog Mannophryne olmonae

Applied Herpetology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 377-386

  Alemu I, Jahson B ^a,b   Cazabon, Michelle N E ^a   Dempewolf, Lena ^a   Hailey, Adrian ^a   Lehtinen, Richard M ^c   Mannette, Ryan P ^a   Naranjit, Kerrie T ^a   Roach, Alicia C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c 931 College Mall   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromobatidae; Bloody bay frog; Critically endangered; Mannophryne olmonae; Mannophryne trinitatis; Sexual size dimorphism; Stream frog; Tadpole; Tobago; West Indies

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748966684     PISSN: 15707539     EISSN: 15707547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075407782424584     Document Type: Article

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