A new species of the Rhinella margaritifera group (Anura: Bufonidae) from Brazilian Pantanal

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2339, 2010, Pages 57-68

  Ávila, Robson W ^a   Pansonato, André ^b   Strüssmann, Christine ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Advertisement call; Morphology; Pantanal; Rhinella margaritifera group

Indexed keywords

ANURA; BUFONIDAE; MARGARITIFERA;

EID: 77954018127     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2339.1.3     Document Type: Article

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