Determining the species status of one of the world's rarest frogs: A conservation dilemma

Animal Conservation

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-35

  Holyoake, Andrew ^a,b   Waldman, Bruce ^a   Gemmell, Neil J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; LEIOPELMA ARCHEYI; LEIOPELMA HAMILTONI; LEIOPELMA PAKEKA; LEIOPELMATIDAE;

EID: 0005604114     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943001001032     Document Type: Article

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