New species of montane salamander of the Bolitoglossa dunni group from northern Comayagua, Honduras (Urodela: Plethodontidae)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 108-112

  McCranie, James R ^a   Espinal, Mario R ^b   Wilson, Larry David ^c  

^a Edificio Plaza San José ^*  (United States)

^b Medio Ambiente Desarrollo Sostenible   (Honduras)

^c MIAMI DADE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; BOLITOGLOSSA; BOLITOGLOSSA DUNNI; CAUDATA; PLETHODONTIDAE;

EID: 16244368486     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2005)039[0108:NSOMSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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