Leaping towards a saltatorial lifestyle? An unusually long-legged new species of Rhombophryne (Anura, Microhylidae) from the Sorata massif in northern Madagascar

Mark D. Scherz; Andolalao Rakotoarison; Oliver Hawlitschek; Miguel Vences; Frank Glaw

doi:10.3897/zse.91.4979

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Zoosystematics and Evolution 91(2): 105-114
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Synchrotron microtomography applied to the volumetric analysis of internal structures of Thoropa miliaris tadpoles. Scientific Reports 10: .

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Resurrection and re-description of Plethodontohyla laevis (Boettger, 1913) and transfer of Rhombophryne alluaudi (Mocquard, 1901) to the genus Plethodontohyla (Amphibia, Microhylidae, Cophylinae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 94: 109.

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Morphological and ecological convergence at the lower size limit for vertebrates highlighted by five new miniaturised microhylid frog species from three different Madagascan genera. PLOS ONE 14: e0213314.

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