Contribution to the taxonomy of hyperoliid frogs (Amphibia: Anura: Hyperollidae): Advertisement calls of twelve species from East and Central Africa

African Zoology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 127-142

  Köhler, Jörn ^a   Scheelke, Karin ^b   Schick, Susanne ^b   Veith, Michael ^b   Lötters, Stefan ^b  

^a ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Afrotropis; Amphibia; Bioacoustics; Distribution; Hyperoliidae; Systematics

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; FROG; TAXONOMY; VOCALIZATION;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AFRIXALUS; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HYPEROLIIDAE; HYPEROLIUS PUNCTICULATUS; LEPTOPELIS; PHLYCTIMANTIS; VITTIGER;

EID: 18644376694     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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