Two new species of Platymantis (Anura: Ranidae) from New Britain

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1485, 2007, Pages 13-32

  Kraus, Fred ^a   Allison, Allen ^a  

^a BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bismarck archipelago; Frog; Nakanai mountains; New species; Sibling species

Indexed keywords

ANURA; PLATYMANTIS; RANIDAE;

EID: 34249912109     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1485.1.2     Document Type: Article

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