Ecological observations on the leaf-litter frog Adenomera marmorata in an Atlantic rainforest area of southeastern Brazil

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 81-85

  Almeida Gomes, Mauricio ^a   Van Sluys, Monique ^a   Rocha, Carlos Frederico Duarte ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anura; Calling activity; Diet; Dispersion pattern; Leptodactylidae; Microhabitat use

Indexed keywords

ADENOMERA MARMORATA; ANURA; ARTHROPODA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; ISOPODA; LEPTODACTYLIDAE;

EID: 45149122277     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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