Complementary diagnosis of the genus Insuetophrynus (Anura, Cycloramphidae) based on larval characters

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2116, 2009, Pages 59-67

  Rabanal, Felipe E ^a   Formas, J Ramon ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chondrocranium; Hyobranchial apparatus; Internal buccal anatomy; Larval morphology; Systematics

Indexed keywords

ANURA; INSUETOPHRYNUS; INSUETOPHRYNUS ACARPICUS;

EID: 66749094956     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2116.1.4     Document Type: Article

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