Description of tadpoles of five frog species in the subgenus Brygoomantis from Madagascar (Mantellidae: Mantidactylus)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1988, 2009, Pages 48-60

  Schmidt, Heike ^a   Strauß, Axel ^a   Glaw, Frank ^b   Teschke, Meike ^c   Vences, Miguel ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Anura; DNA barcoding; Mantidactylus alutus; Mantidactylus curtus; Mantidactylus sp. aff. biporus; Mantidactylus sp. aff. curtus; Tadpole descriptions

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BRYGOOMANTIS; MANTELLINAE; MANTIDACTYLUS; MANTIDACTYLUS ALUTUS; MANTIDACTYLUS CURTUS;

EID: 63849177345     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1988.1.4     Document Type: Article

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