The heart and aortic arches of rhinatrematid caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 135-150

  Wilkinson, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Cardiovascular system; Character analysis; Circulation; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; CAECILIA; GYMNOPHIONA; RHINATREMATIDAE;

EID: 0030524433     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/zjls.1996.0053     Document Type: Article

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