A new species of Phrynobatrachus (Amphibia: Anura: Phrynobatrachidae) from north-western Guinea, West Africa

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1815, 2008, Pages 43-50

  Millers, Annika ^a   Zimkus, Breda ^b   Rödel, Mark Oliver ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conservation; Gallery forest; Phrynobatrachus pintoi sp. nov.; Upper Guinea forest zone

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; PHRYNOBATRACHUS; PHRYNOBATRACHUS FRATERCULUS;

EID: 48249109869     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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