Larval and metamorphic skeletal development in the fast-developing frog Pyxicephalus adspersus (Anura, Ranidae)

Zoomorphology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-35

  Haas, Alexander ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; BUFO; HAMPTOPHRYNE; PYXICEPHALUS ADSPERSUS; RANA CATESBEIANA; RANIDAE;

EID: 0033471501     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004350050078     Document Type: Article

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