Molecular phylogeny, morphology and bioacoustics reveal five additional species of arboreal microhylid frogs of the genus Anodonthyla from Madagascar

Contributions to Zoology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-32

  Vences, Miguel ^a   Glaw, Frank ^b   Köhler, Jörn ^c   Wollenberg, Katharina C ^a,d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

^c Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt ^*  (Germany)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Anura; Cophylinae; Integrative taxonomy; Microhylidae; New species

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANODONTHYLA; ANODONTHYLA BOULENGERII; ANURA; COPHYLINAE; MANTELLA; MICROHYLIDAE;

EID: 77954281780     PISSN: 13834517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/18759866-07901001     Document Type: Article

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