Unexplained amphibian mortalities in the secluded mountains of the Venezuelan Guayana: Is there evidence of chytridiomycosis?

Herpetological Review

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-49

  Lampo, Margarita ^a,c   Señaris, Celsa J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b Museo de Historia Natural La Salle   (Venezuela)

^c IVIC   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 33645752967     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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