Notes on facultative use of bat-modified “leaf tents” by Agalychnis Red-eyed treefrogs (Anura: Hylidae)

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  • Diego Salas-Solano Veragua Foundation
  • Wagner Chaves-Acuña Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v22i2p195-201

Keywords:

Diurnal retreat, Natural history, Oviposition, Phyllomedusinae, Phyllostomidae

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2023-12-15

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Salas-Solano, D., & Chaves-Acuña, W. (2023). Notes on facultative use of bat-modified “leaf tents” by Agalychnis Red-eyed treefrogs (Anura: Hylidae). Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology, 22(2), 195-201. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v22i2p195-201