The water frogs (Anura: Ranidae) of Turkey: A morphometric view on systematics

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 141-153

  Sinsch, Ulrich ^a   Schneider, Hans ^b   Kaya, Uǧur ^c   Arikan, Hüseyin ^c  

^a Universität Koblenz Landau ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Morphometry; R. bedriagae caralitana; R. ridibunda; Rana bedriagae; Systematics

Indexed keywords

ANURA; AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; RANA BEDRIAGAE; RANA RIDIBUNDA; RANIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038066587     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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