Intrageneric karyotypic divergence in scythrophrys and new insights into the relationship with paratelmatobius (anura, leptodactylidae)

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 183-190

  Lourenço, Luciana Bolsoni ^a   De Anchietta Garcia, Paulo Christiano ^b   Recco Pimentel, Shirlei Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

C band; NOR; Paratelmatobius Cytogenetics Chromosome; Scythrophrys

Indexed keywords

CYTOGENETICS; FROG; KARYOTYPE;

BRAZIL;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; PARATELMATOBIUS; PARATELMATOBIUS POECILOGASTER; REPTILIA; SCYTHROPHRYS;

EID: 0041828760     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000309356514     Document Type: Article

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