Rediscovery and identity of phrynobatrachus monticola fischer, 1884

African Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-74

  Rödel, Mark Oliver ^a   Hallermann, Jakob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anura; East Africa; Phrynobatrachus; Ranidae; Redescription; Tomopterna monticola comb. nov

Indexed keywords

MONTICOLA; PHRYNOBATRACHUS; RANIDAE; TOMOPTERNA; TOMOPTERNA LUGANGA; TOMOPTERNA TUBERCULOSA;

EID: 33745805545     PISSN: 21564574     EISSN: 21533660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2006.9635540     Document Type: Article

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