A new species of Ansonia stoliczka, 1870 (Anura: Bufonidae) from a lowland rainforest in southern peninsular Malaysia

Herpetologica

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 466-475

  Grismer, L Lee ^a  

^a LA SIERRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ansonia; Bufonidae; Endau Rompin; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; RAINFOREST; TAXONOMY; TOAD;

ASIA; ENDAU ROMPIN NATIONAL PARK; EURASIA; JOHOR; MALAYSIA; PAHANG; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

ANSONIA; ANURA; BUFONIDAE;

EID: 33750139520     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2006)62[466:ANSOAS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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