A new species of marsupial frog (Anura: Hylidae: Gastrotheca) from the Amazonian slopes of the Cordillera Oriental in Peru

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 2006, Pages 595-603

  Duellman, William E ^a   Trueb, Linda ^a   Lehr, Edgar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; FROG; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES;

AMAZONAS [PERU]; CORDILLERA ORIENTAL [PERU]; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANURA; GASTROTHECA; GASTROTHECA CORNUTA; HYLIDAE; METATHERIA;

EID: 33845927274     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2006)6[595:ANSOMF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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