Intraspecific Variation in Cranial Ossification in the Tailed Frog, Ascaphus truei

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 714-717

  Moore, Michael K ^a,c   Townsend Jr , Victor R ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA WESLEYAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; ASCAPHUS TRUEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0347694446     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/246-01N     Document Type: Article

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