A new species of Microcaecilia (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from Guyana

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2719, 2010, Pages 35-40

  Wilkinson, Mark ^a   Kok, Philippe J R ^b,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Caecilians; Guyana; New species; South America; Systematics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; CAECILIA; CAECILIIDAE (AMPHIBIA); GYMNOPHIONA; MICROCAECILIA;

EID: 78650121968     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2719.1.3     Document Type: Article

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