Two Unknown Arboreal Frogs (genus Platypelis) Described from the Rainforests of Northeastern Madagascar (Microhylidae: Cophylinae)

Current Herpetology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 91-100

  Andreone, Franco ^a   Fenolio, Dante B ^b   Walvoord, Mark E ^b  

^a MUSEO REGIONALE DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Anura; Madagascar; Microhylidae; New species; Platypelis

Indexed keywords

EID: 11044237762     PISSN: 13455834     EISSN: 18811019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5358/hsj.22.91     Document Type: Article

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