Variation in the hand and superficial throat musculature of neotropical leptodactylid frogs

Herpetologica

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-72

  Burton, Thomas C ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anura; Arbor eal; Ha nd; Heleophrynidae; Leptodactylidae; Myobatrachidae; Myology; Throat

Indexed keywords

CAUDIVERBERA; CERATOPHRYS; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS MARTINICENSIS; HYDROLAETARE; HYLODES; LEPIDOBATRACHUS; LEPTODACTYLUS; MEGAELOSIA; TELMATOBUFO; VANZOLINIUS;

EID: 0031977063     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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