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Titre :	Observation of scale organs on the head of the slow worm Anguis fragilis (2023)
Auteurs :	Will Atkins, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	The Herpetological Bulletin (166 2023)
Article en page(s) :	25-26
Langues:	Anglais
Mots-clés :	Anguis fragilis ; Physiologie animale
Résumé :	The existence of sensory structures, known as scale organs, in the skin of various kinds of reptile has been known since at least the second half of the nineteenth century (for example, Leydig, 1868). (...) The slow worm Anguis fragilis is a species of legless lizard belonging to the family Anguidae. Despite being widespread and locally common across much of Europe including Britain, many aspects of its biology remain poorly understood (...). Its occupancy of soil and leaf litter, and consequently its intimate contact with these media, would sugges that it might be well-provisioned with scale organs.
En ligne :	https://www.thebhs.org/publications/the-herpetological-bulletin/issue-number-166-winter-2023/3911-07-observation-of-scale-organs-on-the-head-of-the-slow-worm-i-anguis-fragilis-i

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