Cytogenetic Analysis in the Toad Species Bufo spinosus, Bufotes viridis and Epidalea calamita (Anura, Bufonidae) from the Mediterranean Area.

ABSTRACT: Taxonomy in Bufonidae witnessed notable transformations. Bufotes viridis and Epidalea calamita, previously included in genus Bufo, were relocated in other genera, while the genus Bufo was restricted to members of the earlier Bufo bufo group. On the other hand, Bufo bufo sensu lato now includes four species: Bufo bufo, Bufo spinosus, Bufo verrucosissimus and Bufo eichwaldi. In this study, we examined three species of three Bufonidae genera (B. spinosus, B. viridis and E. calamita) by conventional (C-banding and Ag-NOR staining) and molecular (in situ hybridization with probes for telomeric repeats and rDNA loci, and genomic in situ hybridization (GISH)) cytogenetic methods. C-banding patterns are reported for the first time for B. spinosus and E. calamita populations from Iberian Peninsula

SUBMITTER: Guzman-Markevich K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9408106 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature