Cutaneous serous glands in south-american anurans: An ultrastructural comparison between hylid and pseudid species

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 115-123

  Terreni, Alessandro ^a   Nosi, Daniele ^b   Brizzi, Rossana ^a   Delfino, Giovanni ^a  

^a Dipartimento di Biologia animale e Genetica   (Italy)

^b Istologia e Medicina legale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cutaneous glands; Hylidae; Pseudidae; Skin poisons; Ultra structure

Indexed keywords

ANURA; HYLA; HYLIDAE; HYLINAE; NASICA; PSEUDIDAE; PSEUDIS PARADOXA; SCINAX;

EID: 0011958402     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000209356448     Document Type: Article

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