Ontogeny of the bizarre: An osteological description of Pipa pipa (Anura: Pipidae), with an account of skeletal development in the species

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 243, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-104

  Trueb, Linda ^a   Púgener, L Analía ^a   Maglia, Anne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anura; Ontogeny; Osteology; Pipa pipa; Pipidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SKULL; TOAD;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; PIPIDAE; SKULL;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; BOMBINA ORIENTALIS; DISCOGLOSSUS SARDUS; NEOBATRACHIA; PIPA PIPA; PIPIDAE; RHINOPHRYNUS DORSALIS; SPEA BOMBIFRONS; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 0342980436     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(200001)243:1<75::AID-JMOR4>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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