Two new and exceptional poison dart frogs of the genus Dendrobates (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from the Northeastern Flank of the cordillera Central of Colombia

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1259, 2006, Pages 39-54

  Rueda Almonacid, José Vicente ^a   Rada, Marco ^b   Sánchez Pacheco, Santiago J ^b   Velásquez Álvarez, Álvaro Andrés ^b   Quevedo, Alonso ^c  

^a Programa Biodiversidad y Especies Amenazadas   (Colombia)

^b Fundación Proaves ^*  (Colombia)

^c Fundacion ProAves Colombia   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Anura; Colombia; Cordillera Central; Dendrobates; Dendrobatidae; Digital reduction; New species

Indexed keywords

ANURA; DENDROBATES; DENDROBATIDAE;

EID: 33746216209     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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