Taxonomy and natural history of arboreal microhylid frogs (Platypelis) from the Tsaratanana Massif in northern Madagascar, with description of a new species

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 3563, 2012, Pages 1-25

  Rakotoarison, Andolalao ^a,b   Glaw, Frank ^c   Vieites, David R ^d   Raminosoa, Noromalala R ^a   Vences, Miguel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

^d MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Anura; Bamboo; Cophylinae; Microhylidae; Phylogeny; Phytotelmic breeding; Platypelis alticola; Platypelis olgae sp. nov.; Platypelis pollicaris; Platypelis tsaratananaensis; Taxonomy; Tsaratanana Massif

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870286578     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa3563.1.1     Document Type: Review

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