DERMAL IRIDOPHORES IN SNAKES; CORRELATIONS WITH HABITAT ADAPTATION AND PHYLOGENY
Deep continuous layers of iridophores were discovered in certain Asian Agkistrodon species. A survey of available snakes showed the banded iridophores to be present in North American Crotalus and Sistrurus also, indicating an unreported morphology to be a possible common phenomenon. Skin samples fro...
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The University of Arizona.
1981
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/289250 |