Convergent evolution of aposematic coloration in Neotropical poison frogs: A molecular phylogenetic perspective

Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 215-226

  Vences, Miguel ^a   Kosuch, Joachim ^b   Boistel, Renaud ^c   Haddad, Célio F B ^d   La Marca, Enrique ^e   Lötters, Stefan ^b   Veith, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Aposematic color; Dendrobatidae; Hylodinae; Phylogeny; Skin toxins

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; EVOLUTION; FROG; PHYLOGENETICS;

ALLOBATES FEMORALIS; ALLOBATES ZAPARO; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; COLOSTETHUS; COLOSTETHUS BOCAGEI; COLOSTETHUS PRATTI; CROSSODACTYLUS; CRYPTOPHYLLOBATES; DENDROBATES; DENDROBATIDAE; EPIPEDOBATES; EPIPEDOBATES FEMORALIS; EPIPEDOBATES ZAPARO; HYLODES; HYLODINAE; HYLOIDEA; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; MANNOPHRYNE; MINYOBATES; MINYOBATES STEYERMARKI; NEPHELOBATES; REPTILIA;

EID: 0141676430     PISSN: 14396092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1439-6092-00076     Document Type: Article

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