A new species of Microcaecilia (amphibia: Gymnophona: Caeciliidae) from Suriname

Herpetologica

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 413-418

  Wilkinson, Mark ^a   Nussbaum, Ronald ^b   Hoogmoed, Marinus ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Distribution; Gymnophiona; Microcaecilia; New species; Suriname

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NEW SPECIES; TOOTH;

GUYANA SHIELD; SURINAME;

AMPHIBIA; CAECILIA; CAECILIIDAE (AMPHIBIA); GYMNOPHIONA; MICROCAECILIA;

EID: 77649116949     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/08-030.1     Document Type: Article

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