Ecology of Lysapsus limellum in the Brazilian Amazon river basin

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 141-148

  Garda, Adrian Antonio ^a,c   Costa, Gabriel Correa ^a   França, Frederico Gustavo Rodrigues ^b   Mesquita, Daniel Oliveira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAPÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anura; Diel activity; Diet; Geographic distribution; Hylidae; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ANURA; DIPTERA; HYLIDAE; LYSAPSUS; LYSAPSUS LIMELLUM;

EID: 45149107787     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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