A new species of Scutiger (Anura: Megophryidae) from Nagaland, North-Eastern India

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 69-72

  Indraneil, Das ^a   Chanda, Shyamal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Anuran; New species; Scutiger

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343526754     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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