A karyological study of three species of Scincidae (Reptilia)

Chromosomes of Two Australian Lizards of the Families Scincidae and Gekkonidae

“…However, the smaller elements show some variation in centromere position. Dallai and Talluri (1969) believe that this variation is due to a number of centromeric transpositions, probably caused by pericentric inversions.…”

“…Nakamura (1931) with the old testis-section method, and Itoh et al (1968) with improved marrow technique, found that Eumeces latiscutatus has a diploid number of 2n=26. Matthey (1933) established the chromosome number of Scincus officionalis as 2n=32 and in a recent study Dallai and Talluri (1969) found that the chromosome number of Chalcides chalcides chalcides, Chalcides ocallatus tiligugu and Mabuya striata was 2n=28. Asana and Mahabale (1941) reported that Mabuya macularia had 2n=26 elements.…”

Chromosome Polymorphism, Geographical Variation and Karyotypes in Sauria

“…In Serpentes, chromosome inversions and alterations in number were found, fusions of microchromosomes were often detected along phylogeny (BEc; AK 1969). In Sauria, fusion/fission mechanisms and pericentric inversions were described (GORMAN and ATKINS 1967;GoRMAN et al 1967;LowE et al 1967;BuRY et al 1969;DALLAl and TALLURI 1969). As regards sex chromosomes, snakes of the family Viperidae and of most Colubridae show an evident dimorphic ZW pair in females, while this heteromorphism is not found in non-venomous species of the family Boidae (BEc; AK W. et al 1962aAK W. et al , 1962bAK W. 1965AK W. , 1966.…”

“…As regards sex chromosomes, snakes of the family Viperidae and of most Colubridae show an evident dimorphic ZW pair in females, while this heteromorphism is not found in non-venomous species of the family Boidae (BEc; AK W. et al 1962aAK W. et al , 1962bAK W. 1965AK W. , 1966. Heteromorphic male sex chromos<:>mes were reported for some lacertilian species of the family Iguanidae (GoRMAN and ATKINS 1966;CoLE et al 1967;PENNOK et al 1969), not so for the other families of Sauria (MATTHEY and VAN BRINK 1956;HuANG et al 1967;DALLAl and TALLURI 1969).…”

Comparative Karyological Studies of Two Egyptian Lizard Species of Genus Chalcides (Scincidae: Reptilia).

“…From a careful survey of the literature, karyotypic studies of the family Scincidae are not plentiful. Makino and Momma (1949), Matthey (1949) and Dallai and Talluri (1969) have karyotyped only 10 species of Scincidae. Much of the earlier work, however, is lacking in accurate karyotype data due to the many technical difficulties encountered (Max King 1973).…”