A new species of arboreal Leptopelis (Anura: Arthroleptidae) from the forests of western Kenya

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 183-189

  Köhler, Jörn ^a,b   Bwong, Beryl A ^c   Schick, Susanne ^d   Veith, Michael ^d   Lötters, Stefan ^d  

^a Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt ^*  (Germany)

^b ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Bioacoustics; DNA; Systematics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ARTHROLEPTIDAE; LEPTOPELIS; LEPTOPELIS MODESTUS;

EID: 33845314769     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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