Former distribution and apparent disappearance of the Litoria aurea complex from the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 190-198

  Osborne, W S ^a   Littlejohn, M J ^b   Thomson, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 0001373837     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/AZ.1996.011     Document Type: Article

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