A new species of Cycloramphus Tschudi (Anura: Cycloramphidae) from the Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos, Southeastern Brazil

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2737, 2011, Pages 19-33

  Weber, Luiz Norberto ^a   Verdade, Vanessa Kruth ^b   De Oliveira Lula Salles, Rodrigo ^c   Fouquet, Antoine ^d   De Carvalho E Silva, Sergio Potsch ^c  

^a Instituto de Ciências Ambientais e Desenvolvimento Sustentável ICADS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Atlantic Forest; Cycloramphus organensis sp. nov.; Open highlands; Osteology; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CYCLORAMPHUS; ZACHAENUS;

EID: 78651312635     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2737.1.2     Document Type: Article

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