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Taxonomic assessment of the Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) subgenus (Caudata: Plethodontidae) with the description of two new species from the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica

  • 1. Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, UNAM, AP 70-153 Ciudad Universitaria, CP 04510, Ciudad de México, México & Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro, 11501-2060 San José, Costa Rica & Museo de Zoología, Centro de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Ecología Tropical, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
  • 2. Museo de Zoología, Centro de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Ecología Tropical, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
  • 3. Costa Rican Amphibian Research Center, Guayacán, Provincia de Limón, Costa Rica
  • 4. Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, UNAM, AP 70-153 Ciudad Universitaria, CP 04510, Ciudad de México, México

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Arias, Erick, Chaves, Gerardo, Kubicki, Brian, Parra-Olea, Gabriela (2024): Taxonomic assessment of the Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) subgenus (Caudata: Plethodontidae) with the description of two new species from the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica. Zootaxa 5537 (2): 211-233, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5537.2.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5537.2.3

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