Hylid frogs from Mount Ayanganna, Guyana: New species, redescriptions, and distributional records

Phyllomedusa

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-37

  MacCulloch, Ross D ^a   Lathrop, Amy ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anura; Guyana; Hyla warreni; Hylidae; Hypsiboas lemai; Hypsiboas roraima; Hypsiboas sibleszi; Myersiohyla kanaima; Osteocephalus phasmatus sp. nov.; Tadpoles; Tepuis

Indexed keywords

FROG; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

GUYANA; MOUNT AYANGANNA; PACARAIMA MOUNTAINS; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANURA; HYLA; HYLIDAE; OSTEOCEPHALUS;

EID: 27944503981     PISSN: 15191397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v4i1p17-37     Document Type: Article

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