Digital endocasts of the cranial cavity and osseous labyrinth of the burrowing snake uropeltis woodmasoni (Alethinophidia: Uropeltidae)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-26

  Olori, Jennifer C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURROWING; CRANIUM; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENY; SNAKE; TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY;

ALETHINOPHIDIA; EPITONIUM; SERPENTES; UROPELTIDAE; UROPELTIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77749288957     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CH-09-082     Document Type: Article

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