A new species of Polypedates (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Gunung Murud, Sarawak (northwestern Borneo)

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 265-270

  Das, Indraneil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Borneo; New species; Polypedates; Polypedates chlorophthalmus; Rhacophoridae; Systematics

Indexed keywords

ANURA; CHLOROPHTHALMUS; POLYPEDATES; RHACOPHORIDAE;

EID: 33845335281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02172445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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