Two new species of montane web-footed salamanders (Plethodontidae: Bolitoglossa) from the Costa Rica-Panamá border region

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1981, 2009, Pages 57-68

  Bolaños, Federico ^a   Wake, David B ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

B. robinsoni sp. nov.; Biogeography; Bolitoglossa pygmaea sp. nov.; Central America; Cordillera de Talamanca; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BOLITOGLOSSA; BOLITOGLOSSA SUBPALMATA; PLETHODONTIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 63849310090     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1981.1.5     Document Type: Article

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