Expansion of Eleutherodactylus johnstonei in northern South America: Rapid dispersal through human interactions

Herpetological Review

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 290-294

  Kaiser, Hinrich ^a   Barrio Amorós, César L ^b   Trujillo, Jason D ^a   Lynch, John D ^c  

^a LA SIERRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fundacion AndigenA   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEUTHERODACTYLUS JOHNSTONEI;

EID: 0036987589     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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