Oviposition and egg mass morphology in barred frogs (Anura: Myobatrachidae: Mixophyes Günther, 1864), its phylogenetic significance and implications for conservation management

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 381-402

  Knowles, Ross ^a   Thumm, Karen ^b   Mahony, Michael ^a   Hines, Harry ^c   Newell, David ^d   Cunningham, Michael ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^d SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Breeding; Declining; Management spawn; Natural history; Reproduction; Threatened

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EGG SIZE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FLOODING; FROG; HABITAT TYPE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; OVIPOSITION; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; STREAM;

AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BOS; EQUIDAE; MIXOPHYES; MIXOPHYES CARBINENSIS; MIXOPHYES COGGERI; MIXOPHYES FASCIOLATUS; MIXOPHYES FLEAYI; MIXOPHYES ITERATUS; MIXOPHYES SCHEVILLI; MYOBATRACHIDAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 84937415540     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/AZ.2014.040     Document Type: Article

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