Morphology and buccopharyngeal anatomy of the tadpole of Rana (Nasirana) alticola (Anura: Ranidae)

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 101-107

  Grosjean, Stéphane ^a   Pérez, Mélanie ^a   Ohler, Annemarie ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Buccopharyngeal features; External morphology; India; Rana (Clinotarsus) curtipes; Rana (Nasirana) alticola; Tadpole; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ALTICOLA; ANURA; RANA CURTIPES; RANIDAE;

EID: 0141813342     PISSN: 02172445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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