Reptiles produce pheomelanin: Evidence in the Eastern Hermann's Tortoise (Eurotestudo boettgeri)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 258-261

  Roulin, Alexandre ^a   Mafli, Alia ^a   Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84879559300     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/12-028     Document Type: Article

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