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- Title
Reptiles Produce Pheomelanin: Evidence in the Eastern Hermann's Tortoise (Eurotestudo boettgeri).
- Authors
ROULIN, ALEXANDRE; MAFLI, ALIA; WAKAMATSU, KAZUMASA
- Abstract
Reptiles, supposedly, do not produce pheomelanin pigments. Because this claim is based on rather weak evidence, we measured the shell pheomelanin content in the Hermann's Tortoise (Eurotestudo boettgeri). In contrast to expectation, we detected a substantial amount of this pigment. Given the recent interest in the adaptive function of melanin-based color traits, our study opens new avenues of research in reptiles.
- Subjects
HERMANN'S tortoise; MELANINS; ANIMAL pigments; ANIMAL coloration; BIOLOGICAL pigments
- Publication
Journal of Herpetology, 2013, Vol 47, Issue 2, p258
- ISSN
0022-1511
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1670/12-028