Larval morphology in four species of Madagascan frogs of the subgenus Brygoomantis (Mantellidae: Mantidactylus)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1616, 2007, Pages 49-59

  Knoll, Angelika ^a   Köhler, Jörn ^b   Glaw, Frank ^c   Teschke, Meike ^d   Vences, Miguel ^e  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt ^*  (Germany)

^c Zoologische Staatssammlung   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Brygoomantis; DNA barcoding; M. Biporus; Mantellidae; Mantidactylus; Mantidactylus betsileanus; Tadpole descriptions

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BRYGOOMANTIS; MANTELLINAE; MANTIDACTYLUS; MANTIDACTYLUS BETSILEANUS; MANTIDACTYLUS BIPORUS;

EID: 35449002875     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1616.1.4     Document Type: Review

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