A new rock dwelling frog of the genus Eleutherodactylus (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae) from Eastern Cuba, with comments on other species with similar habits

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1435, 2007, Pages 51-68

  Díaz, Luis M ^a   Cádiz, Antonio ^b   Navarro, Nils ^c  

^a Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Cuba   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^c Museo de Historia Natural de Holguín   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Cuba; Eleutherodactylus; Euhyas; New species; Rock cave ecomorph

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS ACMONIS; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS BRESSLERAE; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS RICORDII; EUHYAS; LEPTODACTYLIDAE;

EID: 34247169578     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1435.1.6     Document Type: Article

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