A new species of Probreviceps (Amphibia: Anura) from the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1237, 2006, Pages 45-60

  Loader, Simon P ^a,b   Channing, Alan ^c   Menegon, Michele ^d   Davenport, Tim R B ^e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^d MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^e WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Brevicipitines; Eastern Arc Mountains; New species; Probreviceps; Tanzania; Ukaguru Mountains

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; PROBREVICEPS;

EID: 33745684663     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1237.1.4     Document Type: Article

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