Non-feeding and feeding tadpoles in hemiphractine frogs: Larval head morphology, heterochrony, and systematics of Flectonotus goeldii (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae)

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 163-171

  Haas, A ^a  

^a Inst F Spezielle Zool und E   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anura; Cranium; Development; Feeding; Heterochrony; Hylidae; Larvae; Morphology; Skeleton; Systematics

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; FLECTONOTUS GOELDII; GASTROTHECA; HEMIPHRACTINAE; HYLIDAE; HYLOIDEA; MUSCULUS;

EID: 0344175039     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.1996.tb00822.x     Document Type: Article

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