A new cryptic dainty frog from east africa (anura: Ranidae: Cacosternum)

Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-148

  Channing, Alan ^a   Brun, Caroline ^b   Burger, Marius ^a   Febvre, Severine ^a   Moyer, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Anura; Cacosternum; Kenya; New species; Ranidae; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ANURA; CACOSTERNUM; CACOSTERNUM BOETTGERI; RANIDAE;

EID: 33646744565     PISSN: 04416651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2005.9635527     Document Type: Article

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