Osteology and skeletal development of Discoglossus sardus (Anura: Discoglossidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 233, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 267-286

  Púgener, L Analía ^a   Maglia, Anne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; FROGS AND TOADS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; MALE;

ANATOMY, ARTISTIC; ANIMALS; ANURA; BONE AND BONES; BONE DEVELOPMENT; LARVA; MALE;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; DISCOGLOSSIDAE; DISCOGLOSSUS SARDUS;

EID: 0031239758     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199709)233:3<267::AID-JMOR6>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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