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The karyotypes were obtained from squash preparations of intestine (male) and gonads (female). The female is heterogametic. The sex chromosomes, male-ZZ, female-ZW correspond to the 4th pair of macrochromosomes.
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Beçak, W.: Karyotypes, sex chromosomes and chromosomal evolution in snakes. In “Venomous Animals and their Venoms” (W. Biicherl, E. Buckley and V. Deulofeu, eds.) Vol. I, p. 53. Academic Press, New York 1968.
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Beçak, M.L., Beçak, W., Roberts, F.L., Shoffner, R.N., Volpe, E.P. (1973). Liophis miliaris (Linnaeus) (Cobra d’agua) 2n = 28. In: Beçak, M.L., Beçak, W., Roberts, F.L., Shoffner, R.N., Volpe, E.P. (eds) Chromosome Atlas: Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Birds. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65751-1_22
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