Osteology and skeletal development of Phyllomedusa vaillanti (Anura: Hylidae: Phyllomedusinae) and a comparison of this arboreal species with a terrestrial member of the genus

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 265, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 343-368

  Sheil, Christopher A ^a,b,c   Alamillo, Hugo ^d,e  

^a Dept of Ecol Evolutionary Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anura; Developmental sequence; Hyla lanciformis; Hylidae; Osteology; Phyllomedusa atelopoides; Phyllomedusa trinitatis; Phyllomedusa vaillanti; Phyllomedusinae

Indexed keywords

ANURA; HYLA LANCIFORMIS; HYLIDAE; NEOBATRACHIA; PHYLLOMEDUSA; PHYLLOMEDUSA TRINITATIS; PHYLLOMEDUSINAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORELIMB; FROGS AND TOADS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; LIMB; PELVIC GIRDLE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SKULL;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BONE AND BONES; BONE DEVELOPMENT; EXTREMITIES; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; LARVA; OSTEOGENESIS; PELVIC BONES; SKULL;

EID: 26944447575     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10362     Document Type: Article

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