Morphology of the Cutaneous Poison and Mucous Glands in Amphibians with Particular Emphasis on Caecilians (<i>Siphonops annulatus</i>)

Morphology of the Cutaneous Poison and Mucous Glands in Amphibians with Particular Emphasis on Caecilians (<i>Siphonops annulatus</i>)

Caecilians (order Gymnophiona) are apodan, snake-like amphibians, usually with fossorial habits, constituting one of the most unknown groups of terrestrial vertebrates. As in orders Anura (frogs, tree frogs and toads) and Caudata (salamanders and newts), the caecilian skin is rich in mucous glands,...

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Main Authors: Beatriz Mauricio, Pedro Luiz Mailho-Fontana, Luciana Almeida Sato, Flavia Ferreira Barbosa, Renato Mancini Astray, Alexander Kupfer, Edmund D. Brodie, Carlos Jared, Marta Maria Antoniazzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-11-01
Series:Toxins
Subjects:
amphibia
Gymnophiona
skin glands
poison
toxins
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/13/11/779

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