Description of a new cryptic species of african sand frog, tomopterna damarensis (anura: Ranidae), from Namibia

Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 129-134

  Dawood, Abeda ^a   Channing, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Advertisement calls; MtDNA; New species; Southern Africa; Tomopterna

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242671088     PISSN: 04416651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2002.9635468     Document Type: Article

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