Call evolution in Neobatrachus (Anura: Myobatrachidae): Speculations on tetraploid origins

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 1997, Pages 791-801

  Roberts, J Dale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; MYOBATRACHIDAE; NEOBATRACHUS; NEOBATRACHUS AQUILONIUS; NEOBATRACHUS CENTRALIS; NEOBATRACHUS KUNAPALARI; NEOBATRACHUS SUDELLI; REPTILIA;

EID: 0031453217     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447296     Document Type: Article

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