Redescriptions of two toad species of the genus Atelopus from coastal Venezuela

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2004, Pages 222-234

  Lötters, Stefan ^a   La Marca, Enrique ^b   Vences, Miguel ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; POPULATION DECLINE; TAXONOMY; TOAD;

SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

ANURA; ATELOPUS; ATELOPUS CRUCIGER; ATELOPUS VOGLI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2442521295     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CH-03-045R1     Document Type: Article

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