Age determination by skeletochronology of the Japanese salamander Hynobius kimurae (Amphibia, Urodela)

Zoological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 845-851

  Misawa, Yasuchika ^a   Matsui, Masafumi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; HYNOBIUS KIMURAE;

EID: 0033249006     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.16.845     Document Type: Article

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