Rana taiwaniana Otsu, 1973, a Junior Synonym of Rana swinhoana Boulenger, 1903 (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae)

Current Herpetology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-6

  Matsui, Masafumi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amolops taiwanianus; Rana swinhoana; Rana taiwaniana; synonymy; Taiwan; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33244495623     PISSN: 13455834     EISSN: 18811019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5358/hsj.24.1     Document Type: Article

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