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Non-Contaminating Camouflage: Multifunctional Skin Microornamentation in the West African Gaboon Viper (Bitis rhinoceros)

The West African Gaboon viper (Bitis rhinoceros) has an extraordinary coloration of pale brown and velvety black markings. The velvety black appearance is caused by a unique hierarchical surface structures which was not found on the pale brown scales. In the present study we examined the wettability...

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Auteurs principaux: Spinner, Marlene, Gorb, Stanislav N., Balmert, Alexander, Bleckmann, Horst, Westhoff, Guido
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: Public Library of Science 2014
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3944882/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24599379
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091087
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