Cranial musculature of South American gekkonidae

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 229, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-70

  Abdala, Virginia ^a,b   Moro, Silvia ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b FUNDACIÓN MIGUEL LILLO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLEODACTYLUS; COLEODACTYLUS AMAZONICUS; GEKKONIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0029850434     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199607)229:1<59::AID-JMOR3>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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