Partition of the australopapuan microhylid frog genus Sphenophryne with descriptions of new species

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Volumn , Issue 253, 2000, Pages 4-130

  Zweifel, Richard G ^a  

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ANURA; AUSTROCHAPERINA; GENYOPHRYNINAE; MICROHYLIDAE; SPHENOPHRYNE;

EID: 0039012184     PISSN: 00030090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2000)253<0001:potamf>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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