Exceptional diversity of stefania (anura, cryptobatrachidae) II: Six species from Mount Wokomung, Guyana

Phyllomedusa

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-41

  MacCulloch, Ross D ^a   Lathrop, Amy ^a   Khan, Samir Z ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUYANA   (Guyana)

Author keywords

Anura; Cryptobatrachidae; Diversity; Guyana; Stefania; Tepuis

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CONSPECIFIC; FROG; HABITAT SELECTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

GUYANA; MOUNT AYANGANNA; MOUNT WOKOMUNG; PACARAIMA MOUNTAINS; POTARO-SIPARUNI; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANURA; STEFANIA;

EID: 33750319148     PISSN: 15191397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v5i1p31-41     Document Type: Article

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