Evidence for an afrotemperate amphibian fauna

African Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-41

  Poynton, John C ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Afromontane; Afrotemperate; Afrotropical; Amphibia; Palaearctic; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008683773     PISSN: 21564574     EISSN: 21533660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2000.9650014     Document Type: Article

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