Phylogeny and biogeography of the Rhinella marina species complex (Amphibia, Bufonidae) revisited: Implications for Neotropical diversification hypotheses

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 128-140

  Vallinoto, Marcelo ^a   Sequeira, Fernando ^a   Sodré, Davidson ^b   Bernardi, José A R ^a   Sampaio, Iracilda ^a,b   Schneider, Horacio ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFONIDAE;

EID: 77949532154     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: 14636409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2009.00415.x     Document Type: Article

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