Chondrocranium and cranial muscle morphology in Lysapsus and Pseudis tadpoles (Anura: Hylidae: Hylinae)

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 91-100

  Alcalde, Leandro ^a   Barg, Monica ^b  

^a Instituto de Limnologia Dr Raul A Ringuelet   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anura; Cranial morphology; Lysapsus; Pseudis; Tadpoles

Indexed keywords

FROG; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE;

ANURA; HYALIS; HYLIDAE; HYLINAE; LYSAPSUS; PSEUDIDAE; PSEUDIS; PSEUDIS PARADOXA;

EID: 33646704218     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2006.00205.x     Document Type: Article

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