Sexual dimorphism in the eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis)

Herpetological Conservation and Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-48

  Makowsky, Robert ^a,c   Wilson, Lawrence A ^b   Pauley, Thomas K ^a  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fernbank Science Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptobranchus; Hellbender; Morphology; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOBRANCHIDAE; CRYPTOBRANCHUS; CRYPTOBRANCHUS ALLEGANIENSIS ALLEGANIENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77952571564     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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