Genetic differentiation in the nearly extinct harlequin frogs (Bufonidae: Atelopus), with emphasis on the Andean Atelopus ignescens and A. bomolochos species complexes

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2574, 2010, Pages 55-68

  Guayasamin, Juan M ^a   Bonaccorso, Elisa ^a,b   Duellman, William E ^a   Coloma, Luis A ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Andes; Atelopus ignescens; Bomolochos; Genetic differentiation; Jambato; Phylogeny; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

ANURA; ATELOPUS; ATELOPUS BOMOLOCHOS; ATELOPUS IGNESCENS; BUFONIDAE; LYSAPSUS;

EID: 77956211392     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2574.1.2     Document Type: Article

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