Application of skeletochronology in aging larvae of the salamanders Gyrinophilus porphyriticus and Pseudotriton ruber

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-90

  Bruce, Richard C ^a,c   Castanet, Jacques ^b  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; GYRINOPHILUS PORPHYRITICUS; PSEUDOTRITON RUBER;

EID: 33645762232     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/42-05N.1     Document Type: Article

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