Integumentary structure and its relationship to wiping behaviour in the common Indian tree frog, Polypedates maculatus

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 243, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 675-687

  Lillywhite, H B ^a,b   Mittal, A K ^a   Garg, T K ^a   Agrawal, N ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDIAN TREE FROG; SECRETION; SKIN SECRETION; WATER LOSS; WIPING;

POLYPEDATES MACULATUS;

EID: 0031472114     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1997.tb01969.x     Document Type: Article

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