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dc.contributor.authorNarayan, Edward
dc.contributor.authorChristi, Ketan
dc.contributor.authorMorley, Craig
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:44:26Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:44:26Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.date.modified2011-09-22T06:49:42Z
dc.identifier.issn17260787
dc.identifier.doi10.1071/SP08004
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/40905
dc.description.abstractThis paper reports on the terrestrial nesting behaviour and biometrics of eggs and froglets of the Fijian ground frog, Platymantis vitianus observed on Viwa Island (900m east of the mainland Vitilevu, Fiji Islands), including day-time choices of micro-habitats and variations in capture rates in the sex-age classes of adults and metamorphs with respect to in-situ rainfall conditions. More adult males and gravid females were captured during the wet months of November until January. Metamorphs were more common subsequent to these months. Furthermore, egg masses of P. vitianus were discovered on Viwa Island for the first time, two nests were located underneath rotten logs during high rainfall month of December, 2007. It is highly probable that the reproductive cycle of P. vitianus is continuous while courtship and nesting events are influenced by the variable and higher rainfall months on Viwa Island.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCSIRO Publishing
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom28
dc.relation.ispartofpageto32
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalSouth Pacific Journal of Natural Science
dc.relation.ispartofvolume26
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchVertebrate Biology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchZoology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOther Biological Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchFisheries Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode060809
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode0608
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode0699
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode0704
dc.titleEcology and reproduction of the endangered Fijian Ground Frog Platymantis vitianus – Fiji Islands
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2008
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorNarayan, Edward J.


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