Skin healing in the terrestrial toad Melanophryniscus Montevidensis (Philippi, 1902): an experimental approach | Reparação da pele no sapo terrestre Melanophryniscus Montevidensis (Philippi, 1902): uma abordagem experimental
2022
Machín, Victoria | Verdes García, José Manuel | Rossini, Emilia | Severo, Mayra | Kolenc, Francisco | Borteiro, Claudio | Machín Victoria, Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Facultad de Veterinaria | Verdes García José Manuel, Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Facultad de Veterinaria | Rossini Emilia, Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Facultad de Veterinaria | Severo Mayra, Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Facultad de Veterinaria | Kolenc Francisco, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (Montevideo, Uruguay) | Borteiro Claudio, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (Montevideo, Uruguay)
We studied in this work the skin healing process in the terrestrial toad Melanophryniscus montevidensis. Wild specimens were acclimated in the laboratory, and an experimental skin wound of 1.5 mm diameter was made in the dorsum region under clove oil anesthesia, leaving the dermis exposed. Monitoring of the healing process by conventional histology was made up to 129 days. The epidermal protection of the wound was recovered after two days, and apparently, a complete recovery of dermal glandular structures was evident after 37 days. This feature includes the serous glands that play a relevant role in the defensive strategy of this species. No complications were recorded from the anesthetic procedure, not previously assessed in Melanophryniscus.
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