Two new species of salamanders (genus Bolitoglossa) from southern Nicaragua (Amphibia, Caudata, Plethodontidae)

Senckenbergiana Biologica

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 319-328

  Sunyer, Javier ^a,b,c   Lotzkat, Sebastian ^a,b,c   Hertz, Andreas ^a,b,c   Wake, David B ^d   Alemán, Billy M ^e   Robleto, Silvia J ^e   Köhler, Gunther ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua   (Nicaragua)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE NICARAGUA   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

Bolitoglossa indio n. sp.; Bolitoglossa insularis n. sp.; Central America; Maderas Volcano; Ometepe island; Rio Indio; Rio San Juan; Rivas; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; COLOR MORPH; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; NICARAGUA; OMETEPE; RIO SAN JUAN; RIVAS;

AMPHIBIA; BOLITOGLOSSA; CAUDATA; PLETHODONTIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 58949087682     PISSN: 00372102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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