Cutaneous resistance to evaporative water loss in brazilian rhinella (anura: Bufonidae) from contrasting environments

Copeia

Volumn 2009, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 618-622

  Prates, Ivan ^a   Navas, Carlos A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; CAATINGA; CONSPECIFIC; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MICROHABITAT; MORPHOLOGY; SKIN; SURVIVAL; TAXONOMY; TOAD;

ATLANTIC FOREST;

ANURA; BUFO GRANULOSUS; BUFONIDAE;

EID: 77549088037     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CP-08-128     Document Type: Article

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