First description of a clutch and nest site for the genus Caecilia (Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae)

Herpetological Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 128-130

  Funk, W Chris ^a,d   Fletcher Lazo, George ^b   Nogales Sornosa, Fernando ^c   Almeida Reinoso, Diego ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^c Fund Herpetologica Gustavo Orces   (Ecuador)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAECILIA; GYMNOPHIONA;

EID: 3142758795     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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