Adsorption and movement of water by skin of the Australian thorny devil (Agamidae: Moloch horridus)

Moisture-harvesting lizards, such as the Australian thorny devil Moloch horridus, have remarkable adaptations for inhabiting arid regions. Their microstructured skin surface, with channels in between overlapping scales, enables them to collect water by capillarity and passively transport it to the m...

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Main Authors: Comanns, P., Esser, F., Kappel, P., Baumgartner, W., Shaw, J., Withers, Philip
Format: Journal Article
Published: The Royal Society Publishing 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/59326