Herpetofauna of the Yutajé-Corocoro massif, venezuela: Second report from the Robert G. Goelet American Museum-terramar expedition to the Northwestern tepuis

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Volumn , Issue 261, 2001, Pages 3-85

  Myers, Charles W ^a   Donnelly, Maureen A ^a  

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EID: 0040486983     PISSN: 00030090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2001)261<0001:hotycm>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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