Following Garkman, the frog, in north eastern Arnhem Land (Australia)

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 436-445

  Boll, Valérie M ^a,b,c  

^a Australian National University CREDO   (France)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aborigines; Amhem Land; Amphibians; Australia; Cane toad; Ethnozoology; Folk beliefs; Frogs; Yolngu

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CULTURAL TRADITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FROG; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; NOMENCLATURE; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; ZOOLOGY;

ARNHEM LAND; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO MARINUS;

EID: 38949126529     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/AZ.2006.016     Document Type: Article

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