Evolutionary significance of oral morphology in the carnivorous tadpoles of tiger frogs, genus Hoplobatrachus (Ranidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 171-181

  Grosjean, Stéphane ^a   Vences, Miguel ^b   Dubois, Alain ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bucco pharyngeal morphology; Euphlyctis; Molecular phylogeny; Ranidae; Tadpole

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LARVA; PHYLOGENY;

ANURA; BUCCO; EUPHLYCTIS; HOPLOBATRACHUS; HOPLOBATRACHUS OCCIPITALIS; HOPLOBATRACHUS RUGULOSUS; HOPLOBATRACHUS TIGERINUS; PANTHERA TIGRIS; RANIDAE;

EID: 1242300210     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2003.00272.x     Document Type: Article

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