Description of the adult skeleton and developmental osteology of the hyperossified horned frog, Ceratophrys cornuta (Anura: Leptodactylidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 232, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 169-206

  Wild, Erik Russell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; FORELIMB; FROGS AND TOADS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; MANDIBLE; PELVIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SKULL;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BONE DEVELOPMENT; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; LARVA; MANDIBLE; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; PELVIS; SKULL;

EID: 0031148594     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199705)232:2<169::AID-JMOR4>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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