Abundance, activity patterns and microhabitat of Rhinella macrorhina, an endemic toad from the cloud forests of the Colombian Central Andes

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-40

  Urbina G , Jenny C ^a,b   Galeano, Sandra P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age structure; Anurans; Habitat alteration; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA;

EID: 69749117576     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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