Descriptions and biological notes on three unusual mantellid tadpoles (Amphibia: Anura: Mantellidae) from southeastern Madagascar

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 418-425

  Altig, Ronald ^a   McDiarmid, Roy W ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; MORPHOLOGY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BOOPHIS PICTURATUS; MANTELLINAE; MANTIDACTYLUS GUTTULATUS; MANTIDACTYLUS LUGUBRIS;

EID: 33750603075     PISSN: 0006324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X(2006)119[418:DABNOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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