Nyctibatrachus karnatakaensis nom. nov., a replacement name for the giant wrinkled frog from the Western Ghats

Current Science

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 246-250

  Dinesh, K P ^a   Radhakrishnan, C ^a   Reddy, A H M ^b   Gururaja, K V ^c  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^b Indgen Life Technologies   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Nomenclature; Nyctibatrachus hussaini; Nyctibatrachus karnatakaensis; The Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; NYCTIBATRACHUS;

EID: 34548348760     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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