A new cryptic Phrynobatrachus species (Amphibia: Anura: Phrynobatrachidae) from Ghana, West Africa

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1970, 2009, Pages 52-62

  Rödel, Mark Oliver ^a   Oforiboateng, Caleb ^b   Penner, Johannes ^a   Hillers, Annika ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Phrynobatrachus intermedius sp. nov.; Phrynobatrachus liberiensis; Phrynobatrachus plicatus; Primary forest; Upper Guinea Forest zone

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; PHRYNOBATRACHUS; PHRYNOBATRACHUS PLICATUS; PIERIS RAPAE;

EID: 63849133363     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1970.1.2     Document Type: Article

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