A new species of Osteocephalus (Anura: Hylidae) from Guyana

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 347-357

  Smith, Eric N ^a   Noonan, Brice P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anura; Guyana; Hylidae; Myology; New species; Osteocephalus; Osteology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FROGS AND TOADS; GUYANA; HISTOLOGY; MALE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; FEMALE; GUYANA; MALE;

EID: 0035295558     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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