Cranial morphology of Bachia bicolor (squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) and its postnatal development

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 775-792

  Tarazona, Oscar A ^a   Fabrezi, Marissa ^b   RamÍrez Pinilla, Martha Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cranial osteology; Ontogeny; Orbitosphenoid; Trabecula communis

Indexed keywords

BACHIA; GYMNOPHTHALMIDAE; SQUAMATA; TRABECULA;

EID: 41649114833     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00364.x     Document Type: Article

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