The summit herpetofauna of Auyantepui, Venezuela: Report from the Robert G. Goelet American Museum-TERRAMAR expedition

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Volumn , Issue 308, 2008, Pages 1-147

  Myers, Charles W ^a   Donnelly, Maureen A ^a,b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ARTHROSAURA; ATRACTUS; LIOPHIS; MONTIGENA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 47249126633     PISSN: 00030090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/308.1     Document Type: Review

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