Microhabitat Choice of Tadpoles of Seven Anuran Species

Current Herpetology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 51-60

  Hiragond, Ningappa C ^a   Saidapur, Srinivas K ^a  

^a KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anurans; Bufo melanostictus; Habitat choice; Microhyla ornata; Polypedates maculatus; Rana curtipes; Rana cyanophlyctis; Rana temporalis; Rana tigrina; Tadpoles

Indexed keywords

EID: 4644258761     PISSN: 13455834     EISSN: 18811019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5358/hsj.20.51     Document Type: Article

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