Taxonomic notes on the Asian frogs of the tribe Paini (Ranidae, Dicroglossinae): 1. Morphology and synonymy of Chaparana aenea (Smith, 1922), with proposal of a new statistical method for testing homogeneity of small samples

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 1759-1778

  Dubois, Alain ^a   Ohler, Annemarie ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Anura; Chaparana; Chaparana aenea; Chaparana fansipani; Chaparana unculuanus; China; Dicroglossinae; Male secondary sex characters; Paini; Ranidae; Statistical method; Thailand; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

FROG; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; VIET NAM; WORLD;

ANURA; CHAPARANA; CHAPARANA FANSIPANI; RANIDAE;

EID: 18144379915     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930400023735     Document Type: Article

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