Phylogenetic Relationships of a Chinese Frog, Rana zhengi Zhao, 1999 Inferred from Mitochondrial Cytochrome b Gene Sequences (Amphibia, Ranidae)

Current Herpetology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 77-84

  Matsui, Masafumi ^a   Tanaka Ueno, Tomoko ^a   Gao, Zheng Fa ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Middle School of Depending on Chemical Industrial Company of Sichuan   (China)

Author keywords

Brown frog; China; Cytochrome b; Phylogeny; Pseudorana; R. sauteri; Rana zhengi

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744607829     PISSN: 13455834     EISSN: 18811019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5358/hsj.20.77     Document Type: Article

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