Herpetofauna of Mount Roraima, Guiana Shield Region, Northeastern South America

Herpetological Review

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-30

  MacCulloch, Ross D ^a   Lathrop, Amy ^a   Reynolds, Robert P ^b   Señaris, J Celsa ^c   Schneider, Gregory E ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c Museo de Historia Natural La Salle   (Venezuela)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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