Subdigital setae of narrow-toed geckos, including a Eublepharid (Aeluroscalabotes felinus)

Anatomical Record

Volumn 291, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 869-875

  Peattie, Anne M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolution; Fibrillar adhesion; Geckos; Morphology; Setae

Indexed keywords

AELUROSCALABOTES FELINUS; ARTICLE; CYRTODACTYLUS PEGUENSIS; FELIDAE; GONATODES ALBOGULARIS; HAIR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISTURUS RUPESTRIS; SUBDIGITAL SETA;

ADHESIVENESS; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; HAIR; LIZARDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOES;

AELUROSCALABOTES; AELUROSCALABOTES FELINUS; ANOLIS; CYRTODACTYLUS; EUBLEPHARIDAE; GEKKO GECKO; GEKKONIDAE; GEKKOTA; GONATODES; GONATODES ALBOGULARIS; PRISTURUS RUPESTRIS; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 47249109454     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20706     Document Type: Article

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