Phylogenetic relationships among marsupial frog genera (Anura: Hylidae: Hemiphractinae) based on evidence from morphology and natural history

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 125-148

  Mendelson III, Joseph R ^a,b   Da Silva, Hélio R ^a,c   Maglia, Anne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cryptobatrachus; Flectonotus; Gastrotheca; Hemiphractinae; Hemiphractus; Hylidae; Marsupial frogs; Phylogeny; Stefania

Indexed keywords

ANURA; CRYPTOBATRACHUS; FLECTONOTUS; GASTROTHECA; HEMIPHRACTINAE; HEMIPHRACTUS; HYLA; METATHERIA; STEFANIA;

EID: 0034134754     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2000.tb00159.x     Document Type: Article

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