A taxonomic study of Whitehead's torrent frog, Meristogenys whiteheadi, with descriptions of two new species (Amphibia: Ranidae)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 157-183

  Shimada, Tomohiko ^a,b   Matsui, Masafumi ^b   Yambun, Paul ^c   Sudin, Ahmad ^d  

^a Kyoto University of Advanced Science   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Research and Education Division   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Body size sexual dimorphism; Borneo; Cryptic species; Meristogenys

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; MERISTOGENYS; RANIDAE;

EID: 78651430177     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00641.x     Document Type: Article

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