The amphibian community at Yanayacu Biological Station, Ecuador, with a comparison of vertical microhabitat use among Pristimantis species and the description of a new species of the Pristimantis myersi group

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2220, 2009, Pages 41-66

  Guayasamin, Juan M ^a   Chris Funk, W ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Anura; Ecuador; Microhabitat; New species; Pristimantis bicantus; Pristimantis myersi; Strabomantidae; Yanayacu biological station

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA;

EID: 69949125649     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2220.1.2     Document Type: Article

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