Comparative chromosome morphology of Malagasy poison frogs (Amphibia: Ranidae: Mantella)

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 197-204

  Pintak, Thomas ^a   Vences, Miguel ^a   Glaw, Frank ^b   Böhme, Wolfgang ^a  

^a ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^b ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anura; Karyotypes; Madagascar; Mantellinae; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FROG; GENETICS; MORPHOLOGY;

MADAGASCAR;

MANTELLA; MANTELLA AURANTIACA; MANTELLA BARONI; MANTELLA BETSILEO; MANTELLA CROCEA; MANTELLA HARALDMEIERI; MANTELLA LAEVIGATA; MANTELLA VIRIDIS;

EID: 0031755757     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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