On the relationships among ranoid frogs: A review of the evidence

Herpetologica

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 209-230

  Emerson, Sharon B ^a   Richards, Christina ^b   Drewes, Robert C ^c   Kjer, Karl M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular characters; Morphology; Phylogenetic relationships; Ranoidea

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034080610     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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