Cranial osteology of Moloch horridus (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae)
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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 mouth for ingestion. We characterized this capillary water transport for live thorny devils using ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Records of the Western Australian Museum
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0312-3162
DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.25(2).2009.201-237