Reproduction of pelophylax perezi in brackish water in Porto (Portugal)

Herpetology Notes

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 337-340

  Sillero, Neftalí ^a   Ribeiro, Raquel ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

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