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Issue: Vol. 5653 No. 2: 26 Jun. 2025
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2025-06-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5653.2.9
Page range: 297-300
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The advertisement call of Boana gracilis (Melin, 1941) (Anura: Hylidae) from southern Venezuela

Laboratorio de Sistemática e Historia Natural de Vertebrados; Herpetología; Instituto de Ecología y Ciencias Ambientales; Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad de la República; Iguá 4225; Montevideo; Uruguay; Laboratório de Herpetologia; Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM); Santa Maria; Rio Grande do Sul; Brazil
Museo de Historia Natural La Salle (MHNLS); Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales; Caracas 1050; Capital District; Venezuela; Laboratório de Herpetologia; Coordenação de Zoologia; Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (MPEG); Belém; Pará; Brazil
Amphibia Anura Hylidae Boana gracilis Venezuela

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How to Cite

Escalona, M. & Rojas-Runjaic, F.J. (2025) The advertisement call of Boana gracilis (Melin, 1941) (Anura: Hylidae) from southern Venezuela. Zootaxa, 5653 (2), 297–300. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5653.2.9