Abundance and breeding of the common skittering frog (Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis) and bull frog (Hoplobatrachus tigerinus) at Rawal lake, Islamabad, Pakistan

Asian Herpetological Research

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 245-250

  Tabassum, Fozia ^a   Rais, Muhammad ^a   Anwar, Maqsood ^a   Mehmood, Tariq ^a   Hussain, Iftikhar ^a   AliKhan, Shahid ^a  

^a PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Breeding; Habitat destruction; Population status; Ranidae

Indexed keywords

ANURA; EUPHLYCTIS CYANOPHLYCTIS; HOPLOBATRACHUS TIGERINUS; RANIDAE;

EID: 84856648733     PISSN: 20950357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1245.2011.00245     Document Type: Article

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