Notes on cranial ontogeny and delayed metamorphosis in the hynobiid salamander Ranodon sibiricus Kessler, 1866 (Urodela)

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 305-321

  Jömann, Norbert ^a   Clemen, Günter ^a   Greven, Hartmut ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Delayed metamorphosis; Hynobiids; Ranodon; Skull; Urodela; Vomer and vomerine pars dentalis

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE GROWTH; DENTITION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MAXILLA; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENY; SALAMANDER; SKULL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THYROID GLAND; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; HYNOBIIDAE; RANODON; RANODON SIBIRICUS;

EID: 22144437026     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2005.02.010     Document Type: Article

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