A new species of Telmatobius from Bolivia and a redescription of T. simonsi Parker, 1940 (Amphibia: Anura: Leptodactylidae)

Herpetologica

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 127-142

  De La Riva, Ignacio J ^a   Harvey, Michael B ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anura; Bolivia; Leptodactylidae; New species; Telmatobius

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; OSTEOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMY;

BOLIVIA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; REPTILIA; TELMATOBIUS; TELMATOBIUS SIMONSI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037374136     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2003)059[0127:ANSOTF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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