A new species of Rhinella (Anura: Bufonidae) from Brazilian Amazon

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1663, 2007, Pages 1-15

  Lima, Albertina P ^a   Menin, Marcelo ^b   De Araújo, Maria Carmozina ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adult morphology; Advertisement call; Central Amazonia; Rhinella margaritifera group; Tadpole morphology

Indexed keywords

ANURA; BUFONIDAE; MARGARITIFERA;

EID: 53749101928     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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