Hemisus microscaphus Laurent 1972, a little-known Ethiopian endemic (amphibia anura)

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 271-285

  Largen, Malcolm J ^a  

^a Liverpool Museum   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distribution; Ecology; Endemicity; Ethiopia; Hemisus microscaphus; Morphology; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031323117     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: 19709528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03946975.1997.10539342     Document Type: Article

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