Postembryonic ontogeny of the spadefoot toad, Scaphiopus intermontanus (anura: pelobatidae): Skeletal morphology

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 238, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-244

  Hall, John A ^a,b   Larsen Jr , John H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anura; Herbivorous morph; Palatine; Pelobatidae; Scaphiopus; Skeletal ontogeny; Spea

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CARTILAGE; FEMUR; FROGS AND TOADS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MANDIBLE; METAMORPHOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SKULL; SPINE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CARTILAGE; FEMUR; LARVA; MANDIBLE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; SKULL; SPINE;

EID: 0032213009     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199811)238:2<179::AID-JMOR4>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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