New frog of the genus Platymantis (Amphibia; Anura; Ranidae) from New Britain and redescription of the poorly known Platymantis macrosceles

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 2004, Pages 825-841

  Foufopoulos, Johannes ^a,c   Brown, Rafe M ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FROG; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES;

BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO; MELANESIA; NEW BRITAIN; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; WORLD;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HYLIDAE; PLATYMANTIS; PLATYMANTIS MACROSCELES; RANIDAE;

EID: 11144307857     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CH-03-235R1     Document Type: Article

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