Animal Genome Size Database:: Species Record

Detailed Record for Desmognathus marmoratus

Common Name: Shovelnose salamander

Species (alternate): Leurognathus marmoratus

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Class Amphibia / Order Urodela / Family Plethodontidae / Genus Desmognathus

C-value (pg): 16.57

Chromosome Number (2n): 28

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Red blood cells

Standard Species: Rana esculenta = 6.00pg

References:
Olmo, E. (1974). Further data on the genome size in the urodeles. Bollettino di Zoologia 41: 29-33.