Morphological and ecological uniformity in the funnel-mouthed tadpoles of Malagasy litter frogs, subgenus Chonomantis

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 149-183

  Grosjean, Stéphane ^a   Strauß, Axel ^b   Glos, Julian ^c   Randrianiaina, Roger Daniel ^b   Ohler, Annemarie ^a   Vences, Miguel ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Anura; Larval morphology; Madagascar; Mantellidae; Mantidactylus

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CHONOMANTIS; MANTELLINAE; MANTIDACTYLUS; MANTIDACTYLUS AERUMNALIS; MANTIDACTYLUS BREVIPALMATUS; MANTIDACTYLUS MELANOPLEURA; MANTIDACTYLUS OPIPARIS; RANIDAE;

EID: 79955099128     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00667.x     Document Type: Article

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