A new species of limestone-forest frog, Genus platymantis (Amphibia: Anura: Ceratobatrachidae) from central luzon Island, Philippines

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2482, 2010, Pages 49-63

  Siler, Cameron D ^a   Diesmos, Arvin C ^b   Linkem, Charles W ^a   Diesmos, Mae L ^c   Brown, Rafe M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b National Museum of the Philippines   (Philippines)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cryptic species; Endemism; Limestone frogs; Platymantis guentheri species group; SW Pacific

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; PLATYMANTIS;

EID: 77954021238     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2482.1.3     Document Type: Article

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