Rapid herpetofaunal surveys within five isolated forests on sedimentary rock in western Madagascar

Herpetological Conservation and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 297-311

  Rakotondravony, Hery A ^a,b,c   Goodman, Steven M ^b,d  

^a Ministry of Environment and Forests   (Madagascar)

^b ASSOCIATION VAHATRA   (Madagascar)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^d FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Biogeography; Conservation; Endemism; Madagascar; Reptiles; Sedimentary rock

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; PRIMATES; REPTILIA;

EID: 80052416925     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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