Description of ten tadpoles in the genus Boophis from Madagascar

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2694, 2010, Pages 1-25

  Hiobiarilanto, Tahiry Rasolonjatovo ^a   Randrianiaina, Roger Daniel ^a,b   Glos, Julian ^c   Strauß, Axel ^b   Vences, Miguel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Anura; Boophis andreonei; Boophis anjanaharibeensis; Boophis axelmeyeri; Boophis elenae; Boophis englaenderi; Boophis luciae; Boophis microtympanum; Boophis rhodoscelis; Boophis roseipalmatus; Boophis vittatus; Larval morphology; Mantellidae

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BOOPHIS; BOOPHIS ANDREONEI; BOOPHIS ELENAE; BOOPHIS ENGLAENDERI; BOOPHIS MADAGASCARIENSIS; BOOPHIS MICROTYMPANUM; BOOPHIS RHODOSCELIS; BOOPHIS SIBILANS; BOOPHIS VITTATUS; HYLA; MANTELLINAE;

EID: 78650097553     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2694.1.1     Document Type: Article

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