The description of a cryptic species related to the pan-Amazonian frog Allobates femoralis (Boulenger 1883) (Anura: Aromobatidae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2406, 2010, Pages 1-28

  Simões, Pedro Ivo ^a   Lima, Albertina P ^a   Farias, Izeni Pires ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allobates hodli sp. nov.; Amazonia; Brazil; Dendrobatoidea; Femoralis; New species; Species complex; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANURA; EPIPEDOBATES; EPIPEDOBATES FEMORALIS;

EID: 77953925860     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2406.1.1     Document Type: Article

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