A new frog species from the central western ghats of India, and its phylogenetic position

Zoological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 525-534

  Gururaja, Kotambylu Vasudeva ^a   Aravind, Nilavara Anantharama ^b   Ali, Sameer ^a   Ramachandra, T V ^a   Velavan, Thirumalaisamy Palanichamy ^c   Krishnakumar, Vaithilingam ^c   Aggarwal, Ramesh Kumar ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

^c CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Amphibian biodiversity; Conservation; Habitat; RDNA diversity; Shrub frog; Western ghats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FROG; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; INDIA; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; INDIA; PHYLOGENY; RANIDAE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; PHILAUTUS; RHACOPHORIDAE;

EID: 34547277397     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.24.525     Document Type: Article

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