Appendicular skeleton in Bachia bicolor (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae): Osteology, limb reduction and postnatal skeletal ontogeny

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-50

  Jerez, Adriana ^a,b   Tarazona, Oscar A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Appendicular skeleton; Bachia bicolor; Limb reduction; Pattern of ossification; Skeletal ontogeny

Indexed keywords

DIACHRONISM; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LIMB; LIZARD; ONTOGENY; SKELETON;

BACHIA; GYMNOPHTHALMIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 57049086891     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2008.00331.x     Document Type: Article

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