Cocoon Surrounding Desert-Dwelling Frogs
- 7 July 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 157 (3784), 87-88
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.157.3784.87
Abstract
A cocoon formed from a single cell layer of shed stratum corneum may reduce water loss from the skin of desert-dwelling frogs while these aestivate in soil-filled burrows. In several Australian examples, the cocoon is a single layer of cells, and thus differs from the multilayered structure obtained from an American species, Scaphiopus couchi.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Adaptations of the spadefoot toad Scaphiopus couchi, to desert environmentsComparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 1967
- Adaptations of Amphibia to Arid EnvironmentsScience, 1966
- Adaptations of the Amphibian, Scaphiopus couchi, to Desert ConditionsThe American Midland Naturalist, 1965