A new species of Eleutherodactylus (Aura: Leptodactylidae) from the northwestern lowlands of Ecuador

Herpetologica

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 103-116

  Guayasamin, Juan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Eleutherodactylus; Leptodactylidae; New species; Osteology

Indexed keywords

FROG; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; REPTILIA;

EID: 1242298925     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/02-106     Document Type: Article

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