Granular cutaneous glands in the frog Physalaemus biligonigerus (Anura, Leptodactylidae): Comparison between ordinary serous and 'inguinal' glands

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 576-586

  Delfino, G ^a   Brizzi, R ^a   Alvarez, B B ^b   Gentili, M ^a  

^a Dipto Biol Anim Genet 'Leo P'   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL NORDESTE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chemical skin defence; Physalaemus; Serous skin glands

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXOCRINE SECRETION; FROG; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SECRETORY GRANULE; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN GLAND; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; PHYSALAEMUS; PHYSALAEMUS BILIGONIGERUS;

EID: 0033402322     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/tice.1999.0071     Document Type: Article

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