Microornamentation of leaf chameleons (Chamaeleonidae: Brookesia, Rhampholeon, and Rieppeleon)-with comments on the evolution of microstructures in the chamaeleonidae

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 276, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 167-184

  Riedel, Jendrian ^a   Böhme, Wolfgang ^b   Bleckmann, Horst ^a   Spinner, Marlene ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chameleons; Evolution; Microstructures; Skin; Squamata

Indexed keywords

BROOKESIA; CHAMAELEO NAMAQUENSIS; CHAMAELEONIDAE; RHAMPHOLEON; RHAMPHOLEON SPINOSUS; RIEPPELEON; SQUAMATA;

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDERMIS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FRICTION; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSILLUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FRICTION; LIZARDS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; SENSILLA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84921545221     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20330     Document Type: Article

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