Description of the tadpole of Leptodactylus pustulatus Peters, 1870 (Anura: Leptodactylidae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1523, 2007, Pages 49-58

  De Sá, Rafael O ^a   Brandão, Reuber ^b   Guimarães, Lorena Dall'Ara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chondrocranium; Leptodactylus pustulatus; Natural history; SEM oral anatomy; Tadpole

Indexed keywords

ANURA; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; LEPTODACTYLUS; LEPTODACTYLUS PUSTULATUS;

EID: 34447637991     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1523.1.2     Document Type: Article

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