Phrynobatrachus alticola guibé & lamotte, 1961 is a junior synonym of phrynobatrachus tokba (chabanaud, 1921)

African Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 93-98

  Rödel, Mark Oliver ^a,b   Kosuch, Joachim ^b   Kouamé, N'Goran Germain ^c   Ernst, Raffael ^a   Veith, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UFR des Sciences de la Nature   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Phrynobatrachus alticola; Phrynobatrachus tokba; Synonymy; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ALTICOLA; ANURA; PHRYNOBATRACHUS;

EID: 33646738672     PISSN: 21564574     EISSN: 21533660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2005.9635522     Document Type: Article

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