Normal Development of Microhyla ornata: The First Description of the Complete Embryonic and Larval Stages for the Microhylid Frogs (Amphibia: Anura)

Current Herpetology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 73-90

  Shimizu, Satoshi ^a   Ota, Hidetoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anuran amphibians; Developmental table; External characters; Microhyla ornata; Microhylidae; Okinawajima Island

Indexed keywords

EID: 20044372362     PISSN: 13455834     EISSN: 18811019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5358/hsj.22.73     Document Type: Article

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