A new species of Uperoleia (Anura: Myobatrachidae) from the northwest Kimberley, Western Australia

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1939, 2008, Pages 10-18

  Doughty, Paul ^a   Roberts, J Dale ^b  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Call analysis; Frog; Uperoleia

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANURA; MYOBATRACHIDAE; UPEROLEIA;

EID: 56649100701     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1939.1.2     Document Type: Article

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