A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the family Rhacophoridae with an emphasis on the Asian and African genera

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 265-273

  Wilkinson, Jeffery A ^a,c   Drewes, Robert C ^a   Tatum, Owatha L ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c H T HARVEY AND ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

12S, 16S rRNA genes; Aglyptodactylus; Boophis; Buergeria; Chirixalus; Chiromantis; Mantella; Mantidactylus; Molecular phylogeny; mtDNA; Nyctixalus; Philautus; Polypedates; Rhacophoridae; Rhacophorus; Taxonomy; Theloderma

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ANURA; ASIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

AGLYPTODACTYLUS; AMOLOPS; BOOPHIS; BUERGERIA; CHIRIXALUS; CHIRIXALUS DORIAE; CHIRIXALUS EIFFINGERI; CHIRIXALUS IDIOOTOCUS; CHIROMANTIS; MANTELLA; MANTIDACTYLUS; NYCTIXALUS; PHILAUTUS; POLYPEDATES; POLYPEDATES DENNYSI; RHACOPHORIDAE; RHACOPHORUS; THELODERMA;

EID: 0036039821     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00212-9     Document Type: Article

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