The Nucleus

, Volume 61, Issue 1, pp 69–73 | Cite as

Preliminary karyotype analysis of Amolops panhai and Sylvirana nigrovittata (Anura, Ranidae) from southern Thailand

  • Waranee Pradit
  • Chatmongkon Suwannapoom
  • Kotchaphan Bowonchairit
  • Kittisak Buddhachat
  • Opas Tantithakura
  • Siriwadee Chomdej
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Abstract

Karyotype and ideogram analyses of Somsak’s cascade frog (Amolops panhai) and dark-sided frog (Sylvirana nigrovittata), collected from Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, southern Thailand, were performed. Chromosomes were prepared from the intestinal epithelium and stained by conventional Giemsa staining. From this study, we found that A. panhai possesses the diploid chromosome number of 26 (2n = 26), while the chromosome number of S. nigrovittata is 24 (2n = 24). This is the first report on karyotype of A. panhai, containing 10 pairs of metacentric (m), 2 pairs of submetacentric (sm) and 1 pair of subtelocentric (st) chromosomes with the arm number of 52. The S. nigrovittata’s karyotype contains 12 pairs of chromosomes with the arm number of 48 in only the metacentric form. The karyotype formulae could be represented as 2n (26) = 10m + 2sm + 1st and 2n (24) = 12m for A. panhai and S. nigrovittata, respectively.

Keywords

Somsak’s cascade frog Dark-sided frog Karyotype Chromosome 
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Acknowledgements

The financial support was granted from the National Research Council of Thailand. We thank Dr. Maslin Osathanunkul and Phuping Sucharitakul for their help and advice.

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Conflict of interest

There is no conflict of interests.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Waranee Pradit
    • 1
  • Chatmongkon Suwannapoom
    • 2
  • Kotchaphan Bowonchairit
    • 3
  • Kittisak Buddhachat
    • 4
  • Opas Tantithakura
    • 5
  • Siriwadee Chomdej
    • 3
  1. 1.Science and Technology Research InstituteChiang Mai UniversityChiang MaiThailand
  2. 2.Department of Fishery, School of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesUniversity of PhayaoPhayaoThailand
  3. 3.Department of Biology, Faculty of ScienceChiang Mai UniversityChiang MaiThailand
  4. 4.Department of Biology, Faculty of ScienceNaresuan UniversityPhitsanulokThailand
  5. 5.School of ScienceWalailak UniversityNakorn Si ThammaratThailand

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