A revision of Mantidactylus microtis and M. microtympanum, and a comparison with other large Madagascan stream frogs (Anura: Mantellidae: Mantellinae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1105, 2006, Pages 49-68

  Andreone, Franco ^a   Nussbaum, Ronald A ^b  

^a MUSEO REGIONALE DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Boophis; Ecology; Generic attribution; Madagascar; Mantidactylus

Indexed keywords

ANURA; BOOPHIS; DUDLEYA EDULIS; MANTELLINAE; MANTIDACTYLUS; MANTIDACTYLUS GRANDIDIERI; MANTIDACTYLUS GUTTULATUS; MANTIDACTYLUS MICROTYMPANUM; MICROTIS; PTYCHOHYLA;

EID: 33745314813     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1105.1.5     Document Type: Article

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