Jurassic frogs and the evolution of amphibian endemism in the Western Ghats

Current Science

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 211-216

  Dutta, Sushil K ^a   Vasudevan, Karthikeyan ^b   Chaitra, M S ^b   Shanker, Kartik ^c   Aggarwal, Ramesh K ^d  

^a UTKAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

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

^d CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HELEOPHRYNIDAE; MYA; NEOBATRACHIA; REPTILIA; SOOGLOSSIDAE;

EID: 4444329592     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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