New species amongst Sri Lanka's extinct shrub frogs (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae: Philautus)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1397, 2007, Pages 1-15

  Meegaskumbura, Madhava ^a,b   Manamendra Arachchi, Kelum ^b   Schneider, Christopher J ^a   Pethiyagoda, Rohan ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b Wildlife Heritage Trust Colombo   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Endotrophy; Extinct species; Habitat loss; Museum collections; New species; Philautus; Red list; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; PHILAUTUS; RHACOPHORIDAE;

EID: 33846863943     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1397.1.1     Document Type: Article

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