Tadpoles and juveniles of the Panamanian golden frog, Atelopus zeteki (Bufonidae), with information on development of coloration and patterning

Herpetologica

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 370-376

  Lindquist, Erik D ^a   Hetherington, Thomas E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anura; Aposematic coloration; Atelopus zeteki; Development; Patterning; Tadpoles

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECOLOGY; FROG;

PANAMA;

EID: 0031669836     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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