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A study on relative fatness of tiger frog (Hoplobatrachus rugulosus) in Zhejiang province
WANG Yu, SHAO Chen, WANG Xiao-tao
Institute of Ecology, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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The relative fatness of 102 tiger frog (Hoplobatrachus rugulosus) in Jinhua,Lin'an and Lishui,Zhejiang province was studied from June to October in 2007.The results showed that there were no significant differences in different seasons,sexes or ages in the relative fatness(P>0.05).The indexes of mass/length(Kwl) showed more significant differences between summer and autumn,adult and subadult(P<0.01),but different sexes had no significant difference(P>0.05).Compared with the relative fatness,Kwl was more sensitive than K in statistics,and this suggested that two indexes should be used together in Anuran relative fatness research.The results are useful for the wild Anuran's conservation.

Key wordsZhejiang province      tiger frog      relative fatness      mass/length     
Received: 25 December 2008     
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WANG Yu,SHAO Chen,WANG Xiao-tao. A study on relative fatness of tiger frog (Hoplobatrachus rugulosus) in Zhejiang province[J]. , 2008, 27(6): 490-493.
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