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Amended diagnosis and redescription of Pristimantis marmoratus (Boulenger, 1900) (Amphibia: Craugastoridae), with a description of its advertisement call and notes on its breeding ecology and phylogenetic relationships

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Kok, Philippe J.R., Dezfoulian, Raheleh, Means, D. Bruce, Fouquet, Antoine, Barrio-Amorós, César L. (2018): Amended diagnosis and redescription of Pristimantis marmoratus (Boulenger, 1900) (Amphibia: Craugastoridae), with a description of its advertisement call and notes on its breeding ecology and phylogenetic relationships. European Journal of Taxonomy 397: 1-30, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.397

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