Detailed Record for Desmognathus monticola

Common Name: Seal salamander

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

C-value (pg): 15.46

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Red blood cells

Standard Species: Xenopus laevis = 3.15pg

References:
Hally, M.K., E.M. Rasch, H.R. Mainwaring, and R.C. Bruce (1986). Cytophotometric evidence of variation in genome size of desmognathine salamanders. Histochemistry 85: 185-192.

Other records available for this species:

Desmognathus monticola = 16.00 (pg)
Desmognathus monticola = 16.40 (pg)
Desmognathus monticola = 18.00 (pg)

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