Investigations on the Reptilian Spectacle
The eyes of snakes and most geckos, as well as a number of other disparate squamate taxa, are shielded beneath a layer of transparent integument referred to as the “reptilian spectacle.” Derived from the embryonic fusion of palpebral tissues, the spectacle contains a number of specializations of the...
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Language: | en |
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2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10012/7148 |