A preliminary assessment of anuran physiological and morphological adaptation to the Caatinga, a Brazilian semi-arid environment
- 30 November 2004
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in International Congress Series
- Vol. 1275, 298-305
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ics.2004.08.061
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