Morphology of the cranial skeleton and musculature in the obligate carnivorous tadpole of Lepidobatrachus laevis (Anura: Ceratophryidae)

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 101-112

  Ziermann, Janine M ^a   Infante, Carlos ^b   Hanken, James ^b   Olsson, Lennart ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cranial cartilages; Cranial muscles; Frog; Larva; Skull

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CARNIVORE; CRANIUM; DESERT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FROG; HERBIVORE; INGESTION RATE; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE; PREY CAPTURE;

GRAN CHACO;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; CERATOPHRYINAE; CERATOPHRYS; CHACOPHRYS; LEPIDOBATRACHUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84870941608     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2011.00525.x     Document Type: Article

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