Functional morphology of scale hinges used to transport water: Convergent drinking adaptations in desert lizards (Moloch horridus and Phrynosoma cornutum)

Zoomorphology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 89-102

  Sherbrooke, Wade C ^a,b,c   Scardino, Andrew J ^a   De Nys, Rocky ^a   Schwarzkopf, Lin ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergent evolution; Drinking; Iguania; Scale hinge; Water transport

Indexed keywords

IGUANIA; MOLOCH HORRIDUS; PHRYNOSOMA CORNUTUM; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34547670825     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00435-007-0031-7     Document Type: Article

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