Phylogenetic position of the montane treefrog Polypedates variabilis Jerdon, 1853 (Anura: Rhacophoridae), and description of a related species

Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 267-276

  Biju, S D ^a,b   Roelants, Kim ^b   Bossuyt, Franky ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; India; Molecular phylogenetics; New genus; New species; Old world treefrogs

Indexed keywords

FROG; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; RELATEDNESS; TAXONOMY;

ANURA; HYLA; PHILAUTUS; POLYPEDATES; RHACOPHORIDAE; RHACOPHORUS;

EID: 55449113267     PISSN: 14396092     EISSN: 16181077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ode.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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