Annual oviduct cycle in the Indian skipper frog, Rana cyanophlyctis (Schneider 1799): A morphological study

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-88

  Pawar, V G ^a   Pancharatna, K ^a  

^a KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Annual variations; Histology; Morphology; Oviduct; Rana cyanophlyctis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033480910     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: 19709528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03946975.1999.10539379     Document Type: Article

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