Genetic divergence among Southeast and East Asian populations of Rana limnocharis (Amphibia: Anura), with special reference to sympatric cryptic species in Java

Zoological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 607-613

  Toda, Mamoru ^a   Matsui, Masafumi ^a   Nishida, Mutsumi ^b   Ota, Hidetoshi ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; FEJERVARYA LIMNOCHARIS;

EID: 0032343233     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.15.607     Document Type: Article

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