Skeletal development and adult osteology of Bombina orientalis (Anura: Bombinatoridae)

Herpetologica

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 344-363

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Anuran; Bombina orientalis; Development; Ossification sequence; Osteology; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031670624     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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