Title
Study of the radiographic osteology of the pipa frog (Pipa pipa)
Other title
Estudio de la osteología radiográfica de la rana pipa (Pipa pipa)
Date Issued
01 January 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
For the study of the radiographic osteology of the Pipa pipe frog, six adult specimens apparently in good health and kept in captivity were used. The MinXray® HF 100 X-ray equipment was used to obtain the radiographic images, analyze the radiographic characteristics and determine the size (length and width) of the head, post-cranial skeleton, shoulder girdle, anterior and posterior limbs. These frogs present the pre-sacral vertebrae I and II fused, and the sacrum fused to the thin urostil. Pipa pipe scapular waist is pseudo-firmisternal. It was possible to identify the bones that make up this region, including the coracoides. The relation between the measures of the tibial-fibula length added to the length of the foot with the corporal length corresponded to 85%.
Start page
84
End page
94
Volume
29
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Biología marina, Biología de agua dulce, Limnología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85045874582
Source
Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru
ISSN of the container
1682-3419
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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