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Two new species of Myersiohyla (Anura: Hylidae) from Cerro de la Neblina, Venezuela, with comments on other species of the genus

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  • 1. Roy W. Mcdiarmid, & Division of Vertebrate Zoology (Herpetology), American Museum of Natural History; División Herpetología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales-CONICET, Angel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires.
  • 2. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012.
  • 3. Division of Vertebrate Zoology (Herpetology), American Museum of Natural History.

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Faivovich, Julián, Mcdiarmid, Roy W., Myers, Charles W. (2013): Two new species of Myersiohyla (Anura: Hylidae) from Cerro de la Neblina, Venezuela, with comments on other species of the genus. American Museum Novitates 2013 (3792): 1-63, DOI: 10.1206/3792.1, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/3792.1

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