A large-scale phylogeny of Amphibia including over 2800 species, and a revised classification of extant frogs, salamanders, and caecilians

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 543-583

  Alexander Pyron, R ^a   Wiens, John J ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Anura; Apoda; Caudata; Gymnophiona; Lissamphibia; Phylogeny; Supermatrix; Systematics

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FROGS AND TOADS; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; URODELA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CAUDATA; GYMNOPHIONA; HYLOIDEA; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; RHINODERMATIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80052717965     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.06.012     Document Type: Article

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