Morphological assessments and phylogenetic relationships of the seychellean frogs of the family Sooglossidae (Amphibia: Anura)

Zoological Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 322-335

  Nussbaum, Ronald A ^a   Wu, Sheng Hai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Nesomantis thomasseti; Sechellophyrne gen. nov.; Sooglossus gardineri; Sooglossus pipilodryas; Sooglossus sechellensis

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; NESOMANTIS; NESOMANTIS THOMASSETI; SOOGLOSSIDAE; SOOGLOSSUS;

EID: 72649105313     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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