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dc.contributor.authorKleese, William Carl
dc.creatorKleese, William Carlen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-09T09:44:16Zen
dc.date.available2013-05-09T09:44:16Zen
dc.date.issued1981en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/289250en
dc.description.abstractDeep continuous layers of iridophores were discovered in certain Asian Agkistrodon species. A survey of available snakes showed the banded iridophores to be present in North American Crotalus and Sistrurus also, indicating an unreported morphology to be a possible common phenomenon. Skin samples from 147 species and/or subspecies of snakes of the families Leptotyphlopidae, Boidae, Colubridae, Elapidae and Viperidae were examined and photographed by polarized light microscopy. Dermal iridophore patterns were visually identified and categorized as (1) isolated cells, (2) lightly layered, (3) moderately layered and (4) heavily layered. Selected specimens were examined and photographed by electron microscopy; isolated iridophore ultrastructure and layered iridophore ultrastructure patterns are illustrated and described. Reflectometry of four selected crotalids reveals positive correlation between iridophore quantities and albedo, but habitat adaptation and correlation of individual species/subspecies is difficult to show and only subjectively suggested. Published phylogenies of the species of the genera Agkistrodon, Calloselasma, Deinagkistrodon and Hypnale are revised to reflect taxonomic works and are correlated with iridophore pattern data. Phylogenetic relationships of Crotalus and Sistrurus are also revised with recent publications; they are neither supported nor contradicted because layered iridophores occur in all of their phylogenetic groups.
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherThe University of Arizona.en_US
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dc.subjectChromatophores.en_US
dc.subjectAnimal pigments.en_US
dc.subjectSnakes.en_US
dc.titleDERMAL IRIDOPHORES IN SNAKES; CORRELATIONS WITH HABITAT ADAPTATION AND PHYLOGENYen_US
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dc.typeDissertation-Reproduction (electronic)en_US
dc.identifier.oclc8712499en_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Arizonaen_US
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen_US
dc.identifier.proquest8207900en_US
thesis.degree.disciplineGraduate Collegeen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineAnimal Physiologyen_US
thesis.degree.namePh.D.en_US
dc.identifier.bibrecord.b13918151en_US
refterms.dateFOA2018-08-18T04:28:05Z
html.description.abstractDeep continuous layers of iridophores were discovered in certain Asian Agkistrodon species. A survey of available snakes showed the banded iridophores to be present in North American Crotalus and Sistrurus also, indicating an unreported morphology to be a possible common phenomenon. Skin samples from 147 species and/or subspecies of snakes of the families Leptotyphlopidae, Boidae, Colubridae, Elapidae and Viperidae were examined and photographed by polarized light microscopy. Dermal iridophore patterns were visually identified and categorized as (1) isolated cells, (2) lightly layered, (3) moderately layered and (4) heavily layered. Selected specimens were examined and photographed by electron microscopy; isolated iridophore ultrastructure and layered iridophore ultrastructure patterns are illustrated and described. Reflectometry of four selected crotalids reveals positive correlation between iridophore quantities and albedo, but habitat adaptation and correlation of individual species/subspecies is difficult to show and only subjectively suggested. Published phylogenies of the species of the genera Agkistrodon, Calloselasma, Deinagkistrodon and Hypnale are revised to reflect taxonomic works and are correlated with iridophore pattern data. Phylogenetic relationships of Crotalus and Sistrurus are also revised with recent publications; they are neither supported nor contradicted because layered iridophores occur in all of their phylogenetic groups.


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