Terminal phalanges in ranoid frogs: Morphological diversity and evolutionary correlation with climbing habits

Alytes

Volumn 26, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 117-152

  Kamermans, Marjolein ^a   Vences, Miguel ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

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