Subdigital and subcaudal microornamentation in chamaeleonidae-A comparative study

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 274, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 713-723

  Spinner, Marlene ^a,b   Westhoff, Guido ^a,c   Gorb, Stanislav N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c Tierpark Hagenbeck gGmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Chameleons; Friction; Microstructure; Reptilia; Skin

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FOOT; FRICTION; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAIL; TOE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADHESIVENESS; ANIMALS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FOOT; FRICTION; LIZARDS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TAIL; TOES;

CALUMMA; CHAMAELEO; CHAMAELEONIDAE; FURCIFER; GEKKONIDAE; GEKKOTA; IGUANIDAE; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84876094428     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20137     Document Type: Article

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