Diet, activity patterns, microhabitat use and defensive strategies of Rhinella hoogmoedi Caramaschi & Pombal, 2006 from a humid forest in northeast Brazil

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-37

  Brito, Lucas Bezerra de Mattos ^a   Aguiar, Felipe ^a   Moura Neto, Célio ^a   Zucco, Carlos André ^b   Cascon, Paulo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anura; Bufonidae; Foraging ecology; Natural history; Rhinella margaritifera

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875111177     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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