A new species of Rhinatrema Duméril & Bibron (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Rhinatrematidae) from Guyana

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2391, 2010, Pages 47-60

  Gower, David J ^a   Wilkinson, Mark ^a   Sherratt, Emma ^a,b   Kok, Philippe J R ^c,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brazil; Caecilians; French Guiana; Guiana Shield; Herpetology; HRXCT; Kaieteur; South America; Suriname; Systematics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; CAECILIA; GYMNOPHIONA; RHINATREMA; RHINATREMA BIVITTATUM; RHINATREMATIDAE;

EID: 77954005834     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2391.1.3     Document Type: Article

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