Eye malformation and body coloration in Litoria aurea tadpoles

Title: Eye malformation and body coloration in Litoria aurea tadpoles
Creator: Pizzatto, Lígia; Clulow, John; Mahony, Michael
Relation: Salamandra: German Journal of Herpetology Vol. 52, Issue 2, p. 207-210
Relation: http://www.salamandra-journal.com/index.php/home/contents/2016-vol-52
Publisher: Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde e.V.
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2016
Description: In amphibians, colour, patterns, and their changes are determined by pigmented chromatophores (melanophores and xanthophores) and reflective iridophores. The synthesis or destruction of pigments due to a persistent or continuous lack of stimulation of the chromatophores result in a slow and long-lasting (days to months) morphological colour change (Dullman & Trueb 1994). On the other hand, a rapid, hormone-stimulated rearrangement of pigment organelles within the chromatophores results in a physiological colour change (reviewed by Thibaudeau & Altig 2012). Physiological colour change can be a direct response of chromatophores to light (primary response), or a secondary response, mediated by the eyes and controlled by the neural and/or endocrine systems (Oshima 2001, Sköld et al. 2013).
Subject: Litoria aurea; tadpoles; coloration; eye malformation; frog
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1343963
Identifier: uon:29286
Identifier: ISSN:0036-3375
Language: eng
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