The cervical musculature in Helodermatid lizards

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 175-185

  Herrel, Anthony ^a   De Vree, Frits ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cervical musculature; Functional morphology; Helodermatidae; Inertial feeding; Lizard

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039702850     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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