Unmasking Rana okinavana Boettger, 1895 from the Ryukyus, Japan (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae)

Zoological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 199-204

  Matsui, Masafumi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brown frog; Nidirana; Okinawa Island; Synonym; Taxonomy; Yaeyama Islands

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FROG; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; JAPAN; MALE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; JAPAN; MALE; RANIDAE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; NIDIRANA; RANA OKINAVANA; RANIDAE;

EID: 34248553873     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.24.199     Document Type: Article

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