On bufo pantherinus a. smith, 1828 (anura: Bufonidae), the leopard toad of the southwestern cape, south africa, with the designation of a neotype

African Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-12

  Poynton, John C ^a   Lambiris, Angelo J L ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bufo pantherinus; Bufo pardalis; Neotype; Southwestern Cape

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008765354     PISSN: 21564574     EISSN: 21533660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21564574.1998.9649994     Document Type: Article

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