Temporal dissociation between the development of the cranial appendicular skeletons in bufo bufo (amphibia: bufonidae)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 506-513

  Dunlap, Kent D ^a,b   Sanchiz, Borja ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BUFO BUFO;

EID: 0030430738     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565693     Document Type: Article

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