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

• Marlene Spinner ,

  * E-mail: mspinner@zoologie.uni-kiel.de

  Affiliation Functional Morphology and Biomechanics, Zoological Institute, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany

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• Stanislav N. Gorb,

  Affiliation Functional Morphology and Biomechanics, Zoological Institute, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany

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• Alexander Balmert,

  Affiliation Institute of Zoology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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• Horst Bleckmann,

  Affiliation Institute of Zoology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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• Guido Westhoff

  Affiliation Institute of Zoology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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