An insight into the skin glands, dermal scales and secretions of the caecilian amphibian Ichthyophis beddomei

The caecilian amphibians are richly endowed with cutaneous glands, which produce secretory materials that facilitate survival in the hostile subterranean environment. Although India has a fairly abundant distribution of caecilians, there are only very few studies on their skin and secretion. In this...

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Main Authors: Damodaran Arun, S. Sandhya, Mohammad Abdulkader Akbarsha, Oommen V. Oommen, Lekha Divya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-10-01
Series:Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences
Subjects:
TEM
SEM
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319562X20302485