A new species of rain frog (genus Craugastor) of the fitzingeri group from Río San Juan, southeastern Nicaragua (Amphibia, Anura, Leptodactylidae)

Senckenbergiana Biologica

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 261-266

  Köhler, Gunther ^a   Sunyer, Javier ^a,b  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FROG; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES;

CENTRAL AMERICA; NICARAGUA; RIO SAN JUAN;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BREVICEPS; LEPTODACTYLIDAE;

EID: 34047126462     PISSN: 00372102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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