Field observation of egg brooding in the caecilian Caudacaecilia asplenia from Sabah, Malaysia (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae)

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 205-208

  Nishikawa, Kanto ^a   Matsui, Masafumi ^a   Imbun, Paul Y ^b   Sudin, Ahmad ^c   Lakim, Maklarin B ^b   Mohamed, Maryati ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Research and Education Division   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Caecilian; Caudacaecilia asplenia; Egg brooding; Sabah

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; CAECILIA; CAUDACAECILIA; GYMNOPHIONA; ICHTHYOPHIIDAE; ICHTHYOPHIS;

EID: 49749084773     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02172445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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