A new species of Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from Mizoram, North-eastern India

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2406, 2010, Pages 57-68

  Sengupta, Saibal ^a   Sailo, Saipari ^b   Lalremsanga, H T ^c   Das, Abhijit ^d   Das, Indraneil ^e  

^a ARYA VIDYAPEETH COLLEGE   (India)

^b NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c MIZORAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d Survey   (India)

^e UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Leptolalax tamdil sp. nov. Megophryidae; Mizoram; North eastern India

Indexed keywords

ANURA; LEPTOLALAX; MEGOPHRYIDAE;

EID: 77953931713     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2406.1.3     Document Type: Article

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