Herpetofauna of Mahenge Mountain, Tanzania: A window on African biogeography

African Zoology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-76

  Loader, Simon P ^a,b   Poynton, John C ^a   Mariaux, Jean ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Eastern Arc Mountains; Reptiles; Similarity index

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; HABITAT LOSS; HERPETOFAUNA; NATURE CONSERVATION; NEW RECORD; SPECIES INVENTORY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MAHENGE MOUNTAINS; MOROGORO [TANZANIA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 3242721267     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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