A new squeaker frog (Arthroleptidae: Arthroleptis) from the Mountains of Cameroon and Nigeria

Herpetologica

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 335-348

  Blackburn, David C ^a   Gvožídk, Václav ^b,c   Leaché, Adam D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Anura; Biodiversity hotspot; Federal Republic of Nigeria; Gulf of Guinea; New species; Republic of Cameroon

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENDEMISM; FROG; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GRASSLAND; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MOUNTAIN REGION; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; UPLAND REGION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAMEROON; CROSS RIVER [(STT) NIGERIA]; GULF OF GUINEA; MAMBILLA PLATEAU; MOUNT OKU; NIGERIA; NORD OUEST PROVINCE; OBUDU PLATEAU; TARABA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ARTHROLEPTIDAE; ARTHROLEPTIS; ARTHROLEPTIS VARIABILIS; PUERARIA MONTANA VAR. LOBATA;

EID: 77956047625     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-10-00015.1     Document Type: Article

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