A new species of Rana (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae) from the highlands of the Malay Peninsula, with diagnostic larval descriptions

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 115-122

  Leong, T M ^a   Lim, B L ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Dept of Wildlife and National Parks ^*  (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cameron Highlands; Malay Peninsula; Montane; Rana; Ranidae

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA SIGNATA; RANIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141813340     PISSN: 02172445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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