Origins of the frog-kick? Alternate-leg swimming in primitive frogs, families leiopelmatidae and ascaphidae

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 657-663

  Abourachid, Anick ^a,b   Green, David M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; ASCAPHIDAE; ASCAPHUS; ASCAPHUS TRUEI; LEIOPELMA ARCHEYI; LEIOPELMA HOCHSTETTERI; LEIOPELMATIDAE; PELOBATIDAE;

EID: 0032786218     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565583     Document Type: Article

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