%0 Journal Article
%T Form and Function of the skin glands in the Himalayan newt Tylototriton verrucosus
%A Egon Heiss
%A Marion Wanninger
%A Thomas Schwaha
%J Archive of "Zoological Letters".
%D 2018
%R 10.1186/s40851-018-0095-x
%X Scanning electron micrographs showing the skin surface (a, b) and sections through the skin (c, d) of T. verrucosus. a Overview of the skin surface in the dorsal trunk region with numerous gland pores (indicated by arrows). b Detail showing a single gland pore and surrounding epithelial cells. c Section through the left parotoid gland. Note the densely packed granular (poison) glands indicated by arrows. d Section through the dorsal trunk region with roundish poison glands just beneath the epithelium. De, dermis; Ep, epithelium, GG, granular glan
%K Salamander
%K Skin glands
%K Poison glands
%K Anti-predator adaptation
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5998448/