Putting toe clipping into perspective: A viable method for marking anurans

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-35

  Grafe, T Ulmar ^a,e   Stewart, Margaret M ^b   Lampert, Kathrin P ^a,d   Rödel, Mark Oliver ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS COQUI; HEMISUS MARMORATUS; HYPEROLIUS; PHRYNOBATRACHUS GUINEENSIS;

EID: 79952929404     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/10-016.1     Document Type: Article

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