Animal Genome Size Database:: Species Record

Detailed Record for Spea hammondii

Common Name: Western spadefoot toad

Species (alternate): Scaphiopus hammondii

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Class Amphibia / Order Anura / Family Pelobatidae / Genus Spea

C-value (pg): 1.34

Chromosome Number (2n): 26

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Red blood cells

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

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

Other records available for this species:

Spea hammondii = 1.27 (pg)
Spea hammondii = 1.55 (pg)
Spea hammondii = 2.34 (pg)