Rudimentary eyes of squamate fossorial reptiles (Amphisbaenia and Serpentes)

Anatomical Record

Volumn 293, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 351-357

  Foureaux, Giselle ^a   Egami, Mizue Imoto ^a   Jared, Carlos ^b   Antoniazzi, Marta Maria ^b   Gutierre, Robson Campos ^a   Smith, Ricardo Luiz ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Fossorial; Reptile; Rudimentary eye

Indexed keywords

AMPHISBAENA ALBA; AMPHISBAENA MERTENSI; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CILIARY BODY; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; EYE; EYEBALL; HARDER GLAND; IRIS; LENS; LEPOSTERNON INFRAORBITALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; RUDIMENTARY EYE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TYPHLOPS BRONGERSMIANUS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; EYE; FOSSILS; REPTILES; SNAKES; VISION, OCULAR;

AMPHISBAENA; AMPHISBAENA ALBA; AMPHISBAENIA; ANIMALIA; LEPOSTERNON; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; TYPHLOPS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 76149130979     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21021     Document Type: Article

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