Description of two new species of Rhinella (Anura: Bufonidae) from the lowlands of the Guiana shield

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1663, 2007, Pages 17-32

  Fouquet, Antoine ^a,d   Gaucher, Philippe ^b   Blanc, Michel ^c   Velez Rodriguez, Claudia M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c RN2/PK35 ^*  (Chile)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Morphology; Rhinella lescurei sp. nov.; Rhinella martyi sp. nov.; Systematics; Vocalisation

Indexed keywords

ANURA; BUFONIDAE; MARGARITIFERA;

EID: 53749103223     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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