A checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Costa Rica: Additions and nomenclatural revisions

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2005, 2009, Pages 1-23

  Savage, Jay M ^a   Bolaños, Federico ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Diversity; Herpetofauna; Mesoamerica

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 64249085029     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2005.1.1     Document Type: Article

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