Amphibian locomotion in evolutionary time

Zoology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 141-151

  Wake, Marvalee H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caecilians; Divergence times; Frogs; Geologic boundaries; Salamanders

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANURA; CAUDATA; GYMNOPHIONA;

AMPHIBIAN; EVOLUTION; LOCOMOTION;

EID: 0031394956     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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