Skull anatomy of the miniaturized gecko Sphaerodactylus roosevelti (Squamata: Gekkota)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 269, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1340-1364

  Daza, Juan D ^a   Abdala, Virginia ^b   Thomas, Richard ^a   Bauer, Aaron M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b FUNDACIÓN MIGUEL LILLO   (Argentina)

^c VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative anatomy; Gekkonomorpha; Gekkota; Sphaerodactylidae; Sphaerodactylinae; Sphaerodactylus roosevelti

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CRANIAL SUTURE; FACIAL BONE; FRONTAL BONE; HARD PALATE; HISTOLOGY; JAW; LIZARD; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; NASAL BONE; SKULL; SPHENOID; STAPES; VOMER; ZYGOMA;

ANIMALS; CRANIAL SUTURES; FACIAL BONES; FRONTAL BONE; JAW; LIZARDS; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; NASAL BONE; PALATE, HARD; PARIETAL BONE; SKULL; SPHENOID BONE; STAPES; VOMER; ZYGOMA;

GEKKONIDAE; GEKKOTA; PYGOPODIDAE; SPHAERODACTYLINAE; SPHAERODACTYLUS ROOSEVELTI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 55749093094     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10664     Document Type: Article

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