Redescription of Chiasmocleis albopunctata (Boettger) and description of a new species of Chiasmocleis (Anura: Microhylidae)

Herpetologica

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 259-268

  Caramaschi, Ulisses ^a   Gonçalves Da Cruz, Carlos Alberto ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anura; Chiasmocleis; Chiasmocleis albopunctata; Chiasmocleis mehelyi sp. nov; Microhylidae; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010835217     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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