Cranial sexual discrimination in hatchling broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris)

Iheringia - Serie Zoologia

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-20

  Piña, Carlos ^a,b,c   Larriera, Alejandro ^a   Siroski, Pablo ^a,d   Verdade, Luciano M ^b  

^a Proyecto YACAR   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Centro de Investigaciones Cientificas de Diamante   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Caiman latirostris; Crocodilians; Hatchlings; Morphometrics; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

CAIMAN; CAIMAN LATIROSTRIS; CRANIA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES);

EID: 34249018326     PISSN: 00734721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0073-47212007000100003     Document Type: Article

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