Bone growth and age in Rana saharica, a water frog living in a desert environment

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-62

  Esteban, Marisa ^a   García París, Mario ^a,b   Buckley, David ^a   Castanet, Jacques ^c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RANA SAHARICA;

EID: 0345211564     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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