Reproductive mode of Fejervarya limnocharis (Anura: Ranidae) caught from Mae Sot, Thailand based on its gonadosomatic indices

Asian Herpetological Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-45

  Othman, Mohd Sham ^a,b   Khonsue, Wichase ^a   Kitana, Jirarach ^a   Thirakhupt, Kumthorn ^a   Robson, Mark Gregory ^a,c   Kitana, Noppadon ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclic reproduction; Egg deposition; GSI profi dotless le; Rice frog

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955242313     PISSN: 20950357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1245.2011.00041     Document Type: Article

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