On the presence of taste buds close to the vomeronasal organs in Gekkonidae

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 355-361

  Schmidt, Maria ^a   Nowack, Christine ^a   Wohrmann Repenning A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Functional anatomy; geckos; gustation; olfaction; reptiles

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; OLFACTION; REPTILE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

GEKKONIDAE; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 77954705581     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853810791769437     Document Type: Article

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