A new ground-dwelling frog of the genus Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Leptodacylidae) from eastern Cuba, and a reconsideration of the E. dimidiatus group

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 307-318

  Díaz, Luis M ^a   Cádiz, Antonio ^b   Navarro, Nils ^c  

^a Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Cuba   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^c Museo de Historia Natural Carlos de la Torre y Huerta   (Cuba)

Author keywords

E. dimidiatus; E. intermedius; Eleutherodactylus maestrensis

Indexed keywords

FROG; NEW SPECIES;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ANURA; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS (GENUS); ELEUTHERODACTYLUS (SUBGENUS); ELEUTHERODACTYLUS ALBIPES; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS DIMIDIATUS; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS EMILIAE; EUHYAS;

EID: 24644487065     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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