A new species of Microcaecilia (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Siphonopidae) from the Guianan region of Brazil

Zootaxa

Volumn 3693, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 387-394

  Maciel, Adriano O ^a   Hoogmoed, Marinus S ^a  

^a MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Caecilians; Herpetology; Microcaecilia taylori; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84882392880     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3693.3.9     Document Type: Article

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