A new grass frog pine forests of Western Cuba, and description of acoustic and pattern variation in Eleutherodactylus varleyi (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae)

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 176-188

  Diaz, Luis M ^a   Cadiz, Antonio ^b   Hedges, S Blair ^c  

^a Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Cuba   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; FROG; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY; VOCALIZATION;

CUBA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS VARLEYI; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; RANA SP.; REPTILIA;

EID: 0141571512     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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