Morphological and Acoustic Comparisons of Microhyla ornata, M. fissipes, and M. okinavensis (Anura: Microhylidae)

Current Herpetology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-27

  Kuramoto, Mitsuru ^a   Joshy, S Hareesh ^b  

^a St Aloysius College ^*  (Japan)

^b ST ALOYSIUS COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Call structure; Microhyla fissipes; Microhyla okinavensis; Microhyla ornata; Morphology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952736768     PISSN: 13455834     EISSN: 18811019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3105/1345-5834(2006)25[15:MAACOM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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