Confirmed amphibian chytrid in mount Mulanje Area, Malawi

Herpetological Review

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 369-371

  Conradie, Werner ^a,b   Harvey, James ^c   Kotzé, Antoinette ^d,e   Dalton, Desiré L ^d,e   Cunningham, Michael J ^b,e  

^a PORT ELIZABETH MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c National Zoological Gardens of South Africa ^*  (South Africa)

^d National Zoological Gardens of South Africa   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 84858238006     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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