Remarkable records of amphibians and reptiles on Madagascar's central high plateau

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-39

  Andreone, F ^a   Vences, M ^b   Glaw, F ^c   Randrianirina, I E ^d  

^a MUSEO REGIONALE DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c Zoologische Staatssammlung   (Germany)

^d PARC BOTANIQUE ET ZOOLOGIQUE DE TSIMBAZAZA   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Biodiversity; High plateau; Madagascar; Reptilia

Indexed keywords

ACRANTOPHIS DUMERILI; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BOOPHIS; BOOPHIS ANKARATRA; BOOPHIS ELENAE; BOOPHIS RHODOSCELIS; MANTELLA; MANTELLA BETSILEO; MANTELLA COWANI; MANTIDACTYLUS; PSEUDOXYRHOPUS; REPTILIA;

EID: 34547983747     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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