Distribution and conservation status of the desert rain frog breviceps macrops

African Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 101-112

  Channing, Alan ^a   Wahlberg, Kirsty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Conservation; Distribution; Frog; Mining; Namaqualand; Threats

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANURA; BREVICEPS;

EID: 84857594357     PISSN: 21564574     EISSN: 21533660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2011.608383     Document Type: Article

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