Copulation and egg retention in an oviparous Caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona)

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Volumn 244, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 223-228

  Kupfer, Alexander ^a,b   Kramer, Armin ^b   Himstedt, Werner ^b   Greven, Hartmut ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Copulation. Gymnophiona; Egg retention; Embryoparity; Ichthyophis cf. kohtaoensis; Oviparity; Reproductive ecology; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; COPULATION; OVIPARITY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

AMPHIBIA; CAECILIA; GYMNOPHIONA; ICHTHYOPHIIDAE; ICHTHYOPHIS KOHTAOENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33645106756     PISSN: 00445231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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