Taxonomy, relationships and conservation of a new genus and species of myobatrachid frog from the high rainfall region of southwestern Australia

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 1997, Pages 373-381

  Roberts, J Dale ^a   Horwitz, Pierre ^b   Wardell Johnson, Grant ^c,f   Maxson, Linda R ^d   Mahony, Michael J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Wildlife Research Centre   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; ARENOPHRYNE; METACRINIA; MYOBATRACHIDAE; MYOBATRACHINAE; MYOBATRACHUS; PSEUDOPHRYNE; UPEROLEIA;

EID: 0030959397     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447757     Document Type: Article

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