Anuran amphibians in a rapidly changing environment–revisiting lamto, côte d'ivoire, 40 years after the first herpetofaunal investigations

African Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-16

  Adeba, Patrick Joël ^a   Kouassi, Philippe ^a   Rödel, Mark Oliver ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forest; Habitat changes; Ivory Coast; Savanna; Species composition; West Africa

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ARTHROLEPTIS; PHRYNOBATRACHUS;

EID: 77955109253     PISSN: 21564574     EISSN: 21533660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/04416651003595337     Document Type: Article

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