A new species of Colostethus (Anura: Dendrobatidae) with maternal care from Kaieteur National Park, Guyana

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1238, 2006, Pages 35-61

  Kok, Philippe J R ^a   Sambhu, Hemchandranauth ^b   Roopsind, Indranee ^b   Lenglet, Georges L ^a   Bourne, Godfrey R ^c,d  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b Iwokrama International Centre for Rain   (Guyana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Colostethus kaiei sp. nov.; Dendrobatidae; Guiana Shield; Guyana; Kaieteur National Park; Maternal care

Indexed keywords

ANURA; COLOSTETHUS; DENDROBATIDAE;

EID: 33745638148     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1238.1.3     Document Type: Article

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