Phylogeny of frogs as inferred from primarily larval characters (Amphibia: Anura)

Cladistics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-89

  Haas, Alexander ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; FROG; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ASCAPHIDAE; BUFONIDAE; CERATOPHRYINAE; DENDROBATIDAE; DISCOGLOSSIDAE; HELEOPHRYNE; HEMISUS; HYLIDAE; HYPEROLIIDAE; MICROHYLIDAE; NEOBATRACHIA; PELOBATIDAE; PELOBATOIDEA; PELODYTES; PHYLLOMEDUSINAE; PIPIDAE; PIPOIDEA; SCAPHIOPHRYNE; SPEA;

EID: 0038744173     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0748-3007(03)00006-9     Document Type: Article

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