Captive Breeding of Theloderma gordoni Taylor, 1962

Ivan Yu. Arinin, Sergei A. Ryabov

Abstract


Theloderma gordoni distributed in South-East Asia (Thailand, Vietnam), is one of the most poorly known species of the genus. The methods of keeping and successful captive breeding of T. gordoni are described. New information on its reproductive biology and behavior is presented.

Keywords


Theloderma gordoni; Vietnam; Thailand; captive breeding; reproductive biology

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2006-13-3-242-246

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