Diversity among New World microhylid frogs (Anura: Microhylidae): Morphological and osteological comparisons between Nelsonophryne (Günther 1901) and a new genus from Peru

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 583-609

  Lehr, Edgar ^a,b   Trueb, Linda ^b  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Andes; Melanophryne gen. nov.; Osteology; Systematics

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; MICROHYLIDAE; NELSONOPHRYNE; PHRYNOPUS CARPISH;

EID: 34147182876     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00270.x     Document Type: Article

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