Amphibians and reptiles of the Dominican Republic: Species of special concern

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Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 118-128

  Powell, Robert ^a   Ottenwalder, José A ^b   Incháustegui, Sixto J ^c   Henderson, Robert W ^d   Glor, Richard E ^e  

^a Avila College   (United States)

^b UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

^c GRUPO JARAGUA   (Dominican Republic)

^d MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Conservation; Dominican Republic; Reptiles; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CONSERVATION STATUS; REPTILE;

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC;

EID: 0034013046     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3008.2000.00103.x     Document Type: Article

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