Hematology and serum chemistry of Ozark and eastern hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)

Herpetologica

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 285-292

  Solís, Mauricio E ^a,b   Bandeff, Janet M ^a   Huang, Yue Wern ^a  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Cryptobranchus; Hellbender; Hematology; Serum chemistry

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIOCHEMISTRY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEMATOLOGY; POPULATION DECLINE; SERUM;

ARKANSAS; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CALIFORNIA; COOPER CREEK; DAVIDSON RIVER; ELEVEN POINT RIVER; GLASS CREEK; MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WHITE RIVER [ARKANSAS];

AMPHIBIA; CRYPTOBRANCHIDAE; CRYPTOBRANCHUS; CRYPTOBRANCHUS ALLEGANIENSIS; CRYPTOBRANCHUS ALLEGANIENSIS ALLEGANIENSIS; CRYPTOBRANCHUS ALLEGANIENSIS BISHOPI; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 35548973382     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2007)63[285:HASCOO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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