Sahyadri Conservation Series: 8 ENVIS Technical Report: 37,  January 2012
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Anuran Diversity and Distribution in Dandeli Anshi Tiger Reserve
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Gururaja K V                            Ramachandra T V
Energy and Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560012, India.
*Corresponding author: cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in
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