Two New Species of the Genus Philautus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from the Western Ghats, Southwestern India

Current Herpetology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 51-60

  Kuramoto, Mitsuru ^a   Joshy, S Hareesh ^b  

^a St Aloysius College ^*  (Japan)

^b ST ALOYSIUS COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

New species; Philautus luteolus; Philautus tuberohumerus; Rhacophoridae; Western Ghats, India

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844319911     PISSN: 13455834     EISSN: 18811019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5358/hsj.22.51     Document Type: Article

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