Prenasal bones and snout morphology in West Indian bufonids and the Bufo granulosus species group

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 334-340

  Pramuk, Jennifer B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFO GRANULOSUS; BUFONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034129374     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565439     Document Type: Article

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