Allometric analysis of the ontogenetic variation and evolution of the skull in Caiman spix, 1825 (Crocodylia: Alligatoridae)

Herpetologica

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 62-69

  Monteiro, Leandro R ^a   Soares, Marcelo ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allometry; Caiman; Heterochrony; Skull ontogeny

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030899452     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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