A new dwarf forest toad (Amphibia: Bufonidae: Nectophrynoides) from the Ukaguru Mountains, Tanzania

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1541, 2007, Pages 31-40

  Menegon, Michele ^a,b   Salvidio, Sebastiano ^c   Ngalason, Wilirk ^d   Loader, Simon P ^e  

^a MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^b c/o Udzungwa Mountains National Park ^*  (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity hotspot; Eastern Arc; Nectophrynoides; Tanzania; Ukaguru Mountains

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFONIDAE; NECTOPHRYNOIDES;

EID: 34547776423     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1541.1.3     Document Type: Article

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