Morphological diversity and evolution of egg and clutch structure in amphibians

Herpetological Monographs

Volumn , Issue 21, 2007, Pages 1-32

  Altig, Ronald ^a   McDiarmid, Roy W ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Clutch; Eggs; Evolution; Jelly layers; Oviposition; Ovulation

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 38349030784     PISSN: 07331347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1655/06-005.1     Document Type: Article

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