Chromosome banding of six dendrobatid frogs (Colostethus, Mannophryne)

Herpetologica

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 203-218

  Kaiser, Hinrich ^a,c   Steinlein, Claus ^b   Feichtinger, Wolfgang ^b   Schmid, Michael ^b  

^a LA SIERRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c Victor Valley College   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome banding; Colostethus; Dendrobatidae; Mannophryne; Systematics

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; FROG;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; COLOSTETHUS; COLOSTETHUS CHALCOPIS; COLOSTETHUS LEOPARDALIS; DENDROBATIDAE; MANNOPHRYNE; MANNOPHRYNE HERMINAE; MANNOPHRYNE NEBLINA; MANNOPHRYNE OLMONAE; MANNOPHRYNE TRINITATIS; REPTILIA;

EID: 0038781992     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2003)059[0203:CBOSDF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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