A new species of Telmatobius (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Río Vilama, northern Chile, and the redescription of T. halli Noble

Herpetologica

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 253-270

  Formas, J Ramón ^a   Benavides, Edgar ^b,c   Cuevas, César ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anura; Karyotype; Leptodactylidae; Osteology; San Pedro de Atacama; Tadpoles; Telmatobius halli redescription; Telmatobius vilamensis new species

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; FROG; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES;

CHILE; RIO VILAMA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ATACAMA; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; REPTILIA; TELMATOBIUS; TELMATOBIUS HALLI; TELMATOBIUS VILAMENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038781982     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2003)059[0253:ANSOTA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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