New dwarf species of Mantidactylus from northwestern Madagascar (Anura: Mantellidae)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1057-1062

  Vences, Miguel ^a   Andreone, Franco ^b   Glaw, Frank ^c   Mattioli, Fabio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MUSEO REGIONALE DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^c Zoologische Staatssammlung   (Germany)

^d Acquario di Genova   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FROG; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

(NORTHWEST); MADAGASCAR;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; MANTELLA; MANTELLINAE; MANTIDACTYLUS; MANTIDACTYLUS MADINIKA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037207183     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2002)002[1057:NDSOMF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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