African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12500

Full Length Research Paper

Report of Bufo tihamicus karyotype from Saudi Arabia

  A. H. Al-Shehri1 and A. A. Al-Saleh2*        
  1Ministry of Interior, Public Security, Criminal Evidence Administration, P. O. Box 271198, Riyadh 11352, Saudi Arabia. 2Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saudi University, P. O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 13 March 2013
  •  Published: 17 April 2013

Abstract

 

This study gives a description of the Karyotype of the Tihama toad Bufo tihamicusfrom Saudi Arabia. Samples of males and females of Bufo tihamicus Parker were collected from Gazan Province of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The karyotype consists of a diploid number 2n = 22 and the fundamental number NF = 44 in both of the sexes. No heteromorphism in relation to sex chromosome pair was found.

 

Key words: Amphibian, karyotype, chromosome, Bufo tihamicus.

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