Molecular phylogeny of Malagasy poison frogs, genus Mantella (Anura: Mantellidae): Homoplastic evolution of colour pattern in aposematic amphibians

Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 97-105

  Schaefer, Hans Christian ^a   Vences, Miguel ^b   Veith, Michael ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Amphibia; Aposematism; Madagascar; Manteliidae; Mimicry; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

COLOR; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTION; FROG; PHYLOGENY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; DENDROBATIDAE; MANTELLA; MANTELLA AURANTIACA; MANTELLA BARONI; MANTELLA MADAGASCARIENSIS; MANTELLA NIGRICANS; MANTELLINAE; REPTILIA;

EID: 0036074236     PISSN: 14396092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1439-6092-00038     Document Type: Article

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