The karyotype of Typhlonectes compressicauda (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) with comments on chromosome evolution in caecilians
Wake, M.H.; Hafner, J.C.; Hafner, M.S.; Klosterman, L.L.; Patton, J.L.
Experientia 36(2): 171-172
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0014-4754 PMID: 7371747 Document Number: 157161
Typhlonectes compressicauda has a diploid number of 28. Its karyotype, when compared to that of other caecilians, suggests some discordance in the hypothesized model of chromosome reduction in the evolution of amphibian lineages.
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