Two new species of Ranitomeya (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from eastern Amazonian Peru

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2439, 2010, Pages 1-23

  Brown, Jason L ^d   Perez Peña, Pedro E ^a   Chavez, German ^b   Twomey, Evan ^c  

^a Fundamazonia   (Peru)

^b CENTRO DE ORNITOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD CORBIDI   (Peru)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Cyanovittata; Dendrobatidae; New species; Peru; Ranitomeya; Rio Yavari; Sierra del Divisor; Yavaricola

Indexed keywords

ANURA; DENDROBATIDAE;

EID: 77953815319     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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