A new Mannophryne (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from western Venezuela, with comments on the generic allocation of Colostethus larandinus

Herpetologica

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 106-114

  Mijares Urrutia, Abraham ^a   Alexis Arends, R ^a  

^a Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Conservation; Falcon; Mannophryne lamarcai new species; Mannophryne larandina new combination; Taxonomy; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344631750     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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