Diet of the andean frog Ranitomeya virolinensis (Athesphatanura: Dendrobatidae)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 114-123

  Valderrama Vernaza, Mercedes ^a   Ramírez Pinilla, Martha Patricia ^a   Serrano Cardozo, Víctor H ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANURA; COLLEMBOLA; DENDROBATIDAE; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 77649252937     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/07-247R1.1     Document Type: Article

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