Two new species of Ptychadena Boulenger 1917 (Amphibia Anura Ranidae) from Ethiopia, with observations on other members of the genus recorded from this country and a tentative key for their identification

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 223-246

  Largen, Malcolm J ^a  

^a Liverpool Museum   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Anura; Distribution; Ecology; Ethiopia; New species; Ptychadena; Ranidae; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031313268     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: 19709528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03946975.1997.10539339     Document Type: Article

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