A molecular phylogeny of the sand frog genus Tomopterna (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae) based on mitochondrial 12S and 16S rRNA sequences

African Zoology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 145-151

  Dawood, Abeda ^a   Uqubay, Selam M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anura; Phylogeny; Ribosomal RNA genes; Tomopterna

Indexed keywords

FROG; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RNA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CRYPTOTIS; DORCATRAGUS MEGALOTIS; RANIDAE; REPTILIA; TOMOPTERNA; TOMOPTERNA CRYPTOTIS; TOMOPTERNA DAMARENSIS; TOMOPTERNA DELALANDII; TOMOPTERNA KRUGERENSIS; TOMOPTERNA MARMORATA; TOMOPTERNA NATALENSIS; TOMOPTERNA TANDYI; TOMOPTERNA TUBERCULOSA;

EID: 3242724906     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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