Assessing the molecular phylogeny of a near extinct group of vertebrates: The Neotropical harlequin frogs (Bufonidae; Atelopus)

Systematics and Biodiversity

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-57

  LÖtters, Stefan ^a   Meijden, Arie Van Der ^b   Coloma, Luis A ^c   Boistel, Renaud ^d   Cloetens, Peter ^d   Ernst, Raffael ^e   Lehr, Edgar ^f   Veith, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

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

^c Centro Jambatu de Investigación y Conservación de Anfibios   (Ecuador)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^e SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^f ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Atelopus; Bufonidae; DNA barcoding; Osornophryne; Species groups; Systematics

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ATELOPUS; ATELOPUS FLAVESCENS; ATELOPUS PULCHER; ATELOPUS SEMINIFERUS; BUFONIDAE; LYSAPSUS; OSORNOPHRYNE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79959745345     PISSN: 14772000     EISSN: 14780933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2011.557403     Document Type: Article

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