A new species of Philautus Gistel (Amphibia: Airara: Rhacophoridae) from southern Western Ghats, India

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1621, 2007, Pages 1-16

  Gururaja, Kotambylu Vasudeva ^a   Dinesh, K P ^b   Palot, Muhamed Jafer ^b   Radhakrishnan, C ^b   Ramachandra, T V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Advertisement calls; Ochlandra setigera Gamble; Philautus ochlandrae sp.nov; Shrub frogs; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; PHILAUTUS; RHACOPHORIDAE;

EID: 35748950395     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1621.1.1     Document Type: Article

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