Basking behavior, sweating and thermal ecology of the Indian tree frog, Polypedates maculatus
We reported previously that Indian free frogs, Polypedates maculatus, periodically wipe themselves with mucus-borne lipids secreted from cutaneous mucous glands. When dried, these skin secretions decrease water loss but provide only modest resistance to cutaneous evaporation when compared with lipid...
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Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
1998
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11599/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11599/1/Basking%20behavior.gif |
