A new species of stream frog (Sanguirana) from the mountains of Luzon Island, Philippines

Herpetologica

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-103

  Fuiten, Allison M ^a   Welton, Luke J ^a   Diesmos, Arvin C ^b   Barley, Anthony J ^a   Oberheide, Brian ^a   Duya, Melizar V ^c   Rico, Edmund Leo B ^d   Brown, Rafe M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b National Museum of the Philippines   (Philippines)

^c Guinhawa Subdivision   (Philippines)

^d FAUNA AND FLORA INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cascade frogs; Chalcorana; Hydrophylax; Hylarana; Philippine endemics; Slender stream frogs; Wide disked stream frogs

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; FROG; MORPHOLOGY; MOUNTAIN REGION; MOUNTAIN STREAM; NEW SPECIES; SECONDARY FOREST;

AURORA [CENTRAL LUZON]; CAGAYAN VALLEY; CENTRAL LUZON; NUEVA VIZCAYA; PHILIPPINES;

ANURA; CHALCORANA; HYDROPHYLAX (FROG); PRENANTHELLA EXIGUA; PTYCHOHYLA;

EID: 79951594376     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-10-00042.1     Document Type: Article

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