Taxonomic chaos in Asian ranid frogs: An initial phylogenetic resolution

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 231-243

  Chen, Liqiao ^a   Murphy, Robert W ^b   Lathrop, Amy ^b   Ngo, Andre ^b   Orlov, Nikolai L ^c   Cuc, Thu Ho ^d   Somorjai, Ildiko L M ^e  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES   (Viet Nam)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anura; Asia; mtDNA; Phylogeny; Ranidae

Indexed keywords

AMOLOPS; ANURA; CHAPARANA; HOPLOBATRACHUS; HUIA (PROPER); LIMNONECTES; NANORANA; NIDIRANA; ODORRANA; PAA; RANIDAE;

EID: 31344460112     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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