Antipredator Behavior of Recently Metamorphosed Toads (Bufo a. americanus) during Encounters with Garter Snakes (Thamnophis s. sirtalis)
- 27 December 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Ichthyology & Herpetology
- Vol. 1989 (4) , 1011-1015
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1445987
Abstract
Bufonid toads possess toxic compounds during most phases of their life cycle that render them unpalatable to many predators. However, snakes of several genera, ...This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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