Exceptional diversity of Stefania (Anura: Hylidae) on Mount Ayanganna, Guyana: Three new species and new distribution records

Herpetologica

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 327-346

  MacCulloch, Ross D ^a   Lathrop, Amy ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anura; Diversity; Guyana; Hemiphractinae; Hylidae; New species; Stefania evansi group; Stefania goini group

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NEW SPECIES; RANGE SIZE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

GUYANA; MOUNT AYANGANNA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HEMIPHRACTINAE; HYLIDAE; REPTILIA; STEFANIA; STEFANIA EVANSI; STEFANIA GOINI;

EID: 0036347650     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2002)058[0327:EDOSAH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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