Detailed Record for Geotrypetes seraphini

Common Name: Gaboon caecilian

Species (alternate): Geotrypetes seraphini occidentalis

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Class Amphibia / Order Gymnophiona / Family Caeciliidae / Genus Geotrypetes

C-value (pg): 4.69

Chromosome Number (2n): 38

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Red blood cells

Standard Species: Rana esculenta = 6.00pg, Homo sapiens = 3.50pg

References:
Olmo, E., G. Gargiulo, and A. Morescalchi (1970). Il contenuto di DNA nucleare di alcuni Anfibi. Bollettino di Zoologia 37: 513-514.

Olmo, E. (1973). Quantitative variations in the nuclear DNA and phylogenesis of the Amphibia. Caryologia 26: 43-68.

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