A review of frogs of the genus Otophryne (microhylidae) with the description of a new species

Herpetologica

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 301-317

  Campbell, Jonathan A ^a   Clarke, Barry T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Anura; Brazil; Colombia; Microhylidae; Otophryne; Otophryne pyburni new species.; Otophryne robusta; Otophryne steyermarki

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; FROG; TAXONOMY;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0031697974     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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