A phylogeny of ranid frogs (Anura: Ranoidea: Ranidae), based on a simultaneous analysis of morphological and molecular data

Cladistics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 507-574

  Scott, Elizabeth ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b Transvaal Museum   (South Africa)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLASSIFICATION; FROG; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA;

ANURA; ARTHROLEPTIDAE; HEMISOTIDAE; HEMISUS; HYPEROLIIDAE; MANTELLINAE; MICROHYLIDAE; PETROPEDETIDAE; RANIDAE; RANOIDEA; RHACOPHORIDAE; SOOGLOSSIDAE;

EID: 33745128100     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: 10960031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2005.00079.x     Document Type: Article

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