Use of oviposition sites by a rhacophorid frog inhabiting a coastal area in Japan

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 432-437

  Haramura, Takashi ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 84255178528     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/10-252.1     Document Type: Article

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