Rediscovery of Atelopus cruciger (Anura: Bufonidae): Current status in the Cordillera de La Costa, Venezuela

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Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 301-304

  Rodríguez Contreras, Argelia ^a   Señaris, J Celsa ^a   Lampo, Margarita ^b   Rivero, Ramón ^c  

^a FUNDACIÓN LA SALLE DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Venezuela)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^c Ministerio del Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Atelopus cruciger; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Critically Endangered; Harlequin frog; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RED LIST; SURVIVAL; TOAD;

SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ATELOPUS; ATELOPUS CRUCIGER; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BUFONIDAE; LYSAPSUS;

EID: 42149144655     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605308000082     Document Type: Article

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