A new species of Hypsiboas (Amphibia; Anura; Hylidae) from the Venezuelan Guayana, with notes on Hypsiboas sibleszi (Rivero 1972)

Herpetologica

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 308-318

  Señaris, J Celsa ^a   Avarzagüena, José ^a,b  

^a Museo de Historia Natural La Salle   (Venezuela)

^b Asociacion Amigos de Donana   (Spain)

Author keywords

Guiana Shield; Hypsiboas jimenezi; Hypsiboas sibleszi; New species; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

FROG; NEW SPECIES;

BOLIVAR [VENEZUELA]; GUAYANA; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HYLIDAE;

EID: 33751219906     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2006)62[308:ANSOHH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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