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Salamandra atra

Chordata › Amphibia › Caudata › Salamandridae
Listed in the source as Geotriton fuscus

8, 12haploid counts

Diploid number in the source: 16, 24

Conflicting counts This record lists more than one count.

The chart below uses the first one, 8. The sources are listed together under Sources.

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Other species in Salamandra.

Sources

  1. Makino, S. (1951). An atlas of the chromosome numbers in animals. Iowa State College Press, Ames.
  2. Beçak, W., Beçak, M. L., Schreiber, G., Lavalle, D., & Amorim, F. O. (1970). Interspecific variability of DNA content in Amphibia. Experientia, 26(2), 204-206.
  3. King, M. 1990. Animal Cytogenetics Vol. 4, Chordata 2: Amphibia. Gerbruder BorntraegerR.D. Perkins, J.R. Gamboa, M.M. Jonika, J. Lo, A. Shum, R.H. Adams, H. Blackmon. The Amphibian Karyotype Database. Chromosome Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10577-019-09613-1

The sources are listed together. The data does not say which source reports which count.

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