Shape variation and allometry in the precloacal vertebral series of the snake Daboia russelli (Viperidae);Variación morfológica y alometría de las vértebras precloacales en el ofidio daboia russelli (viperidae)

International Journal of Morphology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1363-1368

  Sarris, Ioannis ^a   Marugán Lobón, Jesús ^a   Chamero, Beatriz ^a   Buscalioni, Ángela D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Axial skeleton; Intracolumnar variation; Russells viper; Serial homology; Vertebral morphology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875863574     PISSN: 07179367     EISSN: 07179502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0717-95022012000400018     Document Type: Article

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