Two new species of frogs (Leptodactylidae: Eleutherodactylus) from the high andes of northern Ecuador

Herpetological Monographs

Volumn , Issue 18, 2004, Pages 127-141

  Guayasamin, Juan M ^a   Almeida Reinoso, Diego ^b   Nogales Sornosa, Fernando ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^c Fund Ecológica Arcoiris ^*  (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Andes; Ecuador; Eleutherodactylus orcesi; Leptodactylidae; New species

Indexed keywords

ANURA; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4544320368     PISSN: 07331347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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