The larynx and trachea of the barking gecko, Ptenopus garrulus maculatus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) and their relation to vocalization

African Zoology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-30

  Rittenhouse, David R ^a   Russell, Anthony P ^a   Bauer, Aaron M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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