Chondrocranial, hyobranchial and internal oral morphology in larvae of the basal bufonid genus Melanophryniscus (Amphibia: Anura)

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-154

  Larson, Peter M ^a   De Sá, Rafael O ^b   Arrieta, Diego ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^c NONE   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Bufonidae; Chondrocranium; Internal oral morphology; Melanophryniscus

Indexed keywords

LARVA; MORPHOLOGY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFONIDAE; MELANOPHRYNISCUS; MELANOPHRYNISCUS SANMARTINI;

EID: 0037393201     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-6395.2003.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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