The skull of Hydrodynastes gigas (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) as a model of snake ontogenetic allometry inferred by geometric morphometrics

Zoomorphology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 233-241

  Murta Fonseca, Roberta A ^a   Fernandes, Daniel S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Morphology; Ontogeny; Osteology; Xenodontinae

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955322252     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00435-015-0297-0     Document Type: Article

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