A new species of Hyla (Anura: Hylidae) from the Sierra Mixes, Oaxaca, Mexico, with comments on ontogenetic variation in the tadpoles

Herpetologica

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 239-250

  Ustach, Paul C ^a   Mendelson III, Joseph R ^a   McDiarmid, Roy W ^b   Campbell, Jonathan A ^c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Anura; Hyla bistincta; Hyla calthula; Hylidae; Mexico; New species; Oaxaca; Tadpole

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034080150     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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