Advertisement call and tadpole morphology of the clutch-guarding frog Mantidactylus argenteus from eastern Madagascar

African Zoology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 164-169

  Vejarano, Silvia ^a   Thomas, Meike ^b   Glaw, Frank ^c   Vences, Miguel ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c Zoologische Staatssammlung   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Advertisement calls; Mantidactylus; Morphology; Tadpoles

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; EYE; FROG; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOLOGY; TOOTH;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

ANURA; MANTIDACTYLUS; MANTIDACTYLUS ARGENTEUS;

EID: 33750932938     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3377/1562-7020(2006)41[164:ACATMO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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