Postnatal skeletal ontogeny in five Xantusiids (Squamata: Scleroglossa)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 254, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-38

  Maisano, Jessica Anderson ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcification; Epiphysis; Lepidophyma; Ossification; Sesamoid; Xantusia; Xantusiidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH PLATE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIZARD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH PLATE; LIZARDS; OSTEOGENESIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

LEPIDOPHYMA; LEPIDOPHYMA GAIGEAE; SCLEROGLOSSA; SQUAMATA; XANTUSIA; XANTUSIIDAE;

EID: 0036794095     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10009     Document Type: Article

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