Loss of traditional mucous glands and presence of a novel mucus-producing granular gland in the plethodontid salamander Ensatina eschscholtzii

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 469-477

  Fontana, Mary F ^a   Ask, Kimberly A ^a   MacDonald, Ryan J ^a   Carnes, Amanda M ^a   Staub, Nancy L ^a  

^a GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caudata; Histochemistry; Histology; Integument; Plethodontidae; Plethodontini; Skin glands

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; ENSATINA; ENSATINA ESCHSCHOLTZII; PLETHODONTIDAE; PLETHODONTINI;

EID: 33644779817     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00592.x     Document Type: Article

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