A new species of fringe-limbed treefrog (Hylidae) from the Sierra Los Cuchumatanes of northwestern Guatemala

Herpetologica

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 250-256

  Campbell, Jonathan A ^a   Smith, Eric N ^a   Acevedo, Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Anura; Fringe limbed hylid; Guatemala; Hyla dendrophasma new species; Hylidae; Sierra de los Cuchumatanes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034123571     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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