The structure of the skin of the tree frog (Hyla arborea arborea L.)

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 237-246

  Goniakowska Witalińska, Lucyna ^a   Kubiczek, Urszula ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Glands; Skin; Tree frog

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; EPIDERMIS CELL; FEMALE; FROG; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MUCUS GLAND; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN; WATER ABSORPTION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; HYLA ARBOREA; HYLIDAE;

EID: 0031813061     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(98)80080-0     Document Type: Article

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