Two new endemic genera and a new species of toad (Anura: Bufonidae) from the Western Ghats of India

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Biju, S D ^a   Van Bocxlaer, Ines ^b   Giri, Varad ^c   Loader, Simon ^d   Bossuyt, Franky ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANSONIA; ANURA; BUFO; BUFONIDAE; PEDOSTIBES;

EID: 77149179091     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-2-241     Document Type: Article

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