Rediscovery of Pseudophilautus semiruber, a diminutive shrub frog (Rhacophoridae: Pseudophilautus) from Sri Lanka

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 3229, 2012, Pages 58-68

  Meegaskumbura, Madhava ^a,c   Manamendra Arachchi, Kelum ^b   Bowatte, Gayan ^a   Meegaskumbura, Suyama ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b Post Graduate Institute of Archaeology   (Sri Lanka)

^c Wildlife Heritage Trust Colombo   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Conservation; Phylogenetics; Rhacophorinae; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RHACOPHORIDAE; RHACOPHORINAE;

EID: 84858196209     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3229.1.4     Document Type: Article

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