Post-metamorphic development of skin glands in a true toad: Parotoids versus dorsal skin

Chemical defenses in amphibians are a common antipredatory and antimicrobial strategy related to the presence of dermal glands that synthesize and store toxic or unpalatable substances. Glands are either distributed throughout the skin or aggregated in multiglandular structures, being the parotoids...

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Autores principales: Regueira, E., Dávila, C., Sassone, A.G., O'Donohoe, M.E.A., Hermida, G.N.
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_03622525_v278_n5_p652_Regueira
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