Chondrocranial morphology and ontogenetic allometry in larval Bufo americanus (Anura, Bufonidae)

Zoomorphology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 95-106

  Larson, Peter M ^a  

^a SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Bufo americanus; Chondrocranium; Morphometrics; Tadpole

Indexed keywords

ANURA; BUFO; BUFO AMERICANUS; BUFONIDAE; INSERTION SEQUENCES; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 2442492113     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00435-003-0092-1     Document Type: Article

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