Absence of Lines of Arrested Growth in Overwintered Tadpoles of the American Bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana (Amphibia, Anura)

Current Herpetology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-37

  Khonsue, Wichase ^a   Matsui, Masafumi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

LAG formation; Overwintered tadpoles; Rana catesbeiana; Skeletochronology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007255126     PISSN: 13455834     EISSN: 18811019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5358/hsj.20.33     Document Type: Article

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