A new species of Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) from Yunnan, China, with a discussion of karyological diversity in Amolops

Herpetologica

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 231-238

  Liu, Wanzhao ^a   Yang, Datong ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Amolops tuberodepressus, new species; Amphibia; Anura; China; Karyotype; Ranidae; Yunnan

Indexed keywords

AMOLOPS JINJIANGENSIS; AMOLOPS KANGTINGENSIS; AMOLOPS LIANGSHANENSIS; AMOLOPS MANTZORUM; AMOLOPS TUBERODEPRESSUS;

EID: 0034080148     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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