Reproductive activity of the Andean frog ranitomeya virolinensis (Anura: Dendrobatidae)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2010, Pages 211-217

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

^a UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLUTCH SIZE; FROG; JUVENILE; MORPHOMETRY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURITY;

ANURA; DENDROBATIDAE; LEPTODACTYLIDAE;

EID: 77952911925     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CE-09-161     Document Type: Article

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