SPECIALIZED SKIN ORGANS OF PHRYNOCEPHALUS -HELIOSCOPUS (REPTILIA, SQUAMATA, AGAMIDAE)

Authors
SOKOLOV VE DAREVSKY IS KOTOVA EL CHERNOVA OF
Citation
Ve. Sokolov et al., SPECIALIZED SKIN ORGANS OF PHRYNOCEPHALUS -HELIOSCOPUS (REPTILIA, SQUAMATA, AGAMIDAE), Zoologiceskij zurnal, 76(4), 1997, pp. 466-472
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Zoologiceskij zurnal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00445134
Volume
76
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
466 - 472
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-5134(1997)76:4<466:SSOOP->2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The dorsal and lateral skin structure of Phrynocephalus helioscopus ha s been studied using methods of histology and histochemistry. Morpholo gy of complex skin lipid organs is described for the first time, The p laces of the skin where the epidermis mesolayer contains lipids are de termined. Some proposals of the origin and finctioning of these lipids are discussed.