Notes on the breeding biology of four species of mantellid frogs from Madagascar

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 187-194

  Altig, Ronald ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blommersia; Breeding; Eggs; Guibemantis; Madagascar; Mantellidae; Mantidactylus

Indexed keywords

ANURA; MANTELLINAE; MANTIDACTYLUS; MANTIDACTYLUS MAJORI;

EID: 59649099240     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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