Morphology and function of the head in foetal and juvenile Scolecomorphus kirkii (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Scolecomorphidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 491-504

  Müller, Hendrik ^a,b,c   Wilkinson, Mark ^b   Loader, Simon P ^b,d   Wirkner, Christian S ^e   Gower, David J ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eastern arc mountains; Feeding; Ontogeny; Reproductive biology; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE; ONTOGENY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SKELETON; SPECIALIZATION; TOOTH; VIVIPARITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN ARC MOUNTAINS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AMPHIBIA; CAECILIA; GYMNOPHIONA; PILA; SCOLECOMORPHIDAE; SCOLECOMORPHUS; SCOLECOMORPHUS KIRKII; TRABECULA;

EID: 60849094098     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01152.x     Document Type: Article

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