A new tree toad from the ukaguru mountains, Tanzania

Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 121-128

  Channing, Alan ^a   Stanley, W T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Bufonid; New genus; New species; Tanzania; Ukaguru

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544369687     PISSN: 04416651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2002.9635467     Document Type: Article

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