Pigmentation in Anuran Testes: Anatomical Pattern and Variation

✍ Scribed by Lilian Franco-Belussi; Rodrigo Zieri; Lia Raquel De Souza Santos; Rafaela Maria Moresco; Classius De Oliveira

• Book ID: 102746266
• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 674 KB
• Volume: 292
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1932-8486
• DOI: 10.1002/ar.20832

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

In amphibians, pigmented cells are present in several organs, composing an extracutaneous pigmentary system. Seventeen species from two families were studied to develop a protocol for pigmentary classification. The amount and distribution of these cells are variable, allowing the establishment of anatomical patterns for visceral pigmentation in anuran testes. Anat Rec 2009. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.