Ageing the eggs and embryos of the pig-nosed turtle, Carettochelys insculpta (Chelonia: Carettochelydidae), from northern Australia

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 373-392

  Beggs, Kerry ^a   Young, Jeanne ^a   Georges, Arthur ^a   West, Peter ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; EGG; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; TURTLE;

AUSTRALIA;

CARETTOCHELYS INSCULPTA; CHELYDRA SERPENTINA;

EID: 0034121093     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-78-3-373     Document Type: Article

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