External morphology and osteology support the placement of phrynobatrachus nlonakoensis plath, herrmann & böhme, 2006 within the genus arthroleptis

African Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-38

  Zimkus, Breda M ^a   Larson, Joanna G ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Arthroleptidae; Cameroon; Phrynobatrachidae; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARTHROLEPTIDAE; ARTHROLEPTIS; PHRYNOBATRACHUS;

EID: 68649128622     PISSN: 21564574     EISSN: 21533660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2009.9635578     Document Type: Article

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