A new frog of the genus Mantidactylus from the rainforests of north-eastern Madagascar, and its karyological affinities

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 285-303

  Andreone, Franco ^a   Aprea, Gennaro ^b   Vences, Miguel ^c   Odierna, Gaetano ^b  

^a MUSEO REGIONALE DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FROG; NEW SPECIES;

ANURA; MANTIDACTYLUS; MANTIDACTYLUS GRANULATUS; MANTIDACTYLUS LEUCOMACULATUS; MANTIDACTYLUS LUTEUS; MANTIDACTYLUS PSEUDOASPER; MANTIDACTYLUS REDIMITUS; MANTIDACTYLUS ZAVONA;

EID: 0344098968     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853803322440763     Document Type: Article

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