A new species of Litoria (Anura: Hylidae) with a highly distinctive tadpole from the north-western Kimberley region of Western Australia

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2550, 2010, Pages 39-57

  Anstis, Marion ^a   Tyler, Michael J ^b   Roberts, J Dale ^c   Price, Luke C ^b   Doughty, Paul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advertisement call; Frog; Larval development; Litoria aurifera sp. nov.; Litoria meiriana; Prince regent river nature reserve

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955497308     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2550.1.3     Document Type: Article

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