Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of midwife toads (Discoglossidae: Alytes)

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 603-618

  Martinez Solano I ^a   Goncalves H A ^a,b,c,e   Arntzen, J W ^b,d,f   Garcia Paris M ^a,g  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b Camp Agrário de Vairão   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^f CIBIO   (Netherlands)

^g CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alytes; Amphibia; Anura; Biogeography; Evolution; Mitochondrial DNA; Osteology; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENY; TOAD;

ALYTES; ALYTES CISTERNASII; ALYTES DICKHILLENI; ALYTES MAURUS; ALYTES MULETENSIS; ALYTES OBSTETRICANS; ALYTES OBSTETRICANS ALMOGAVARII; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; DISCOGLOSSIDAE; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1842714991     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.01033.x     Document Type: Article

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