The Eleutherodactylus orcesi species Group (Anura: Leptodactylidae): Comparative osteology and comments on its monophyly

Herpetological Monographs

Volumn , Issue 18, 2004, Pages 142-174

  Guayasamin, Juan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Eleutherodactylus orcesi Group; Leptodactylidae; Monophyly; Osteology

Indexed keywords

ANURA; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS ORCESI; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS RACEMUS; LEPTODACTYLIDAE;

EID: 4544319956     PISSN: 07331347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1655/0733-1347(2004)018[0142:teosga]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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