The tadpole of Atelopus balios (Anura: Bufonidae) from the pacific lowlands of Ecuador

Herpetologica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 66-70

  Coloma, Luis A ^a   Lötters, Stefan ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anura; Atelopus balios; Bufonidae; Ecuador; Natural History; Tadpoles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005883720     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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