Comparative morphology and evolution of the lungless caecilian Atretochoana eiselti (Taylor) (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Typhlonectidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-109

  Wilkinson, Mark ^a,b   Nussbaum, Ronald A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial kinesis; Evolution; Lunglessness; Morphology; South America

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ATRETOCHOANA; ATRETOCHOANA EISELTI; CAECILIA; GYMNOPHIONA; TETRAPODA; TYPHLONECTIDAE;

EID: 0030774536     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1997.0143     Document Type: Article

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