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Download ModelView MovieMN01212/6/2007 3:40:00 PMAcris crepitans (head) generated by Charles Huber, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA; data obtained from Micro Photonics Inc using a 1172 Ex-Vivo scanner.
To learn more about Acris crepitans, please see: Maglia, A. M., Pugener, L. A., and Mueller, J. M. 2007. Skeletal Morphology and Postmetamorphic Ontogeny of Acris crepitans (Anura: Hylidae): A Case of Miniaturization in Frogs. Journal of Morphology 268:193–282.
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Download ModelView MovieMN01112/6/2007 3:00:00 PMAcris crepitans (whole frog) generated by Charles Huber, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA; data obtained from Micro Photonics Inc using a 1172 Ex-Vivo scanner.
To learn more about Acris crepitans, please see: Maglia, A. M., Pugener, L. A., and Mueller, J. M. 2007. Skeletal Morphology and Postmetamorphic Ontogeny of Acris crepitans (Anura: Hylidae): A Case of Miniaturization in Frogs. Journal of Morphology 268:193–282.
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Download ModelView MovieMN01012/4/2007 3:00:00 PMLarval cranium and musculature of Leptobrachella mjobergi (Anura: Megophryidae), generated by Alex Haas, University of Hamburg, Germany. Reconstruction from histological cross sections.
Published in: Haas, A., Hertwig, S., and Das, I. 2006. Extreme tadpoles: the morphology of the fossorial megophryid larva, Leptobrachella mjobergi. Zoology 109:26–42.
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Download ModelView MovieMN00912/3/2007 2:10:00 PMNasal region of an adult Plains Spadefoot Toad, Spea bombifrons (Anura: Scaphiopodidae), generated by Analía Pugener, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA. Reconstruction from histological cross sections.
Published in: Pugener, L. A., and Maglia, A. M. In press. Skeletal morphology and development of the olfactory region of Spea (Anura: Scaphiopodidae). Journal of Anatomy 000:000–000.
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Download ModelView MovieMN00812/2/2007 3:10:00 PMVertebral column (bone only) of an adult Northern Cricket Frog, Acris crepitans (Anura: Hylidae), generated by Charles Huber, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA. Reconstruction from micro CT scans obtained at the Argonne National Laboratory.
To learn more about Acris crepitans, please see: Maglia, A. M., Pugener, L. A., and Mueller, J. M. 2007. Skeletal Morphology and Postmetamorphic Ontogeny of Acris crepitans (Anura: Hylidae): A Case of Miniaturization in Frogs. Journal of Morphology 268:193–282.
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Download ModelView MovieMN00712/1/2007 3:20:00 PMSkull (bone only) of an adult Northern Cricket Frog, Acris crepitans (Anura: Hylidae), generated by Charles Huber, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA. Reconstruction from micro CT scans obtained at the Argonne National Laboratory.
To learn more about Acris crepitans, please see: Maglia, A. M., Pugener, L. A., and Mueller, J. M. 2007. Skeletal Morphology and Postmetamorphic Ontogeny of Acris crepitans (Anura: Hylidae): A Case of Miniaturization in Frogs. Journal of Morphology 268:193–282.

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Download ModelView MovieMN00611/30/2007 3:08:00 PMAnterior region of the skull (bone only) of KU036895, Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni (Anura: Centrolenidae), generated by Charles Huber, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA. Reconstruction from micro CT scans obtained at the Argonne National Laboratory.SciName12_11ComName12_11Key12_11
Download ModelView MovieMN00511/28/2007 3:09:00 PMChondrocranium of the Red-eared Slider, Trachemys scripta (Reptilia: Testudines: Emydidae), Stage 18, generated by Christopher Sheil, John Carroll Unversity, USA . Reconstruction from histological cross sections.
To learn more about Trachemys scripta, please see: Tulenko, F. J., and Sheil, C. A. 2007. Formation of the Chondrocranium of Trachemys scripta (Reptilia: Testudines: Emydidae) and a Comparison With Other Described Turtle Taxa. Journal of Morphology 268:127–151.
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Download ModelView MovieMN00411/24/2007 2:00:00 PMNasal capsule of the Red-eared Slider, Trachemys scripta (Reptilia: Testdines: Emydidae), Stage 18, generated by Christopher Sheil, John Carroll Unversity, USA . Reconstruction from histological cross sections.
To learn more about Trachemys scripta, please see: Tulenko, F. J., and Sheil, C. A. 2007. Formation of the Chondrocranium of Trachemys scripta (Reptilia: Testudines: Emydidae) and a Comparison With Other Described Turtle Taxa. Journal of Morphology 268:127–151.
Greenbaum, E. 2002. A standardized series of embryonic stages for the emydid turtle Trachemys scripta. Canadian Journal of Zoology 80:1150–1170.
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Download ModelView MovieMN00311/23/2007 1:20:00 PMEye and musculature of an adult Oriental Firebellied Toad, Bombina orientalis (Anura: Bombinatoridae), generated by Anne Maglia, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA. Reconstruction from histological cross sections.
To learn more about Bombina orientalis, please see: Maglia, A. M. and L. A. Púgener. 1998. Skeletal development and adult osteology of Bombina orientalis (Anura: Bombinatoridae). Herpetologica. 54:344–363.
Hanken, J., and Hall, B. K. 1984. Variation and timing of the cranial ossification sequence of the Orietnal fire-bellied toad, Bombina orientalis (Amphibia, Discoglossidae). Journal of Morphology 182:245–255.
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