Comparative larval morphology of Madagascan toadlets of the genus Scaphiophryne: Phylogenetic and taxonomic inferences

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 555-576

  Grosjean, Stéphane ^a   Glos, Julian ^b   Teschke, Meike ^c   Glaw, Frank ^d   Vences, Miguel ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d Zoologische Staatssammlung   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibia; DNA barcoding; Dyscophus insularis; Madagascar; Microhylidae; Paradoxophyla palmata; Phylogeny; Tadpole morphology

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; DYSCOPHINAE; DYSCOPHUS INSULARIS; HYLOIDEA; MICROHYLIDAE; PARADOXOPHYLA; PARADOXOPHYLA PALMATA; RANOIDEA; SCAPHIOPHRYNE; SCAPHIOPHRYNE BREVIS; SCAPHIOPHRYNE CALCARATA; SCAPHIOPHRYNE GOTTLEBEI; SCAPHIOPHRYNE MADAGASCARIENSIS; SCAPHIOPHRYNE MENABENSIS; SCAPHIOPHRYNE SPINOSA; SCAPHIOPHRYNINAE;

EID: 35948957499     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00329.x     Document Type: Article

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