A new species of Phrynobatrachus (Anura: Ranidae) from Tanzania

African Zoology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-23

  Crutsinger, Greg ^a   Pickersgill, Martin ^b   Channing, Alan ^a   Moyer, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Frog; Morphometrics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

FROG; MORPHOMETRY; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; PHRYNOBATRACHUS; RANIDAE; REPTILIA;

EID: 3242718539     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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