A serological investigation of theBufo bufo(Anura, Bufonidae) populations in Southern Marmara (Manyas, Bahkesir) and Eastern Black Sea (Çamhhemşin, Rize) regions
Articles > Article · 2001
Authors: M TOSUNOGLU, Ertan TAŞKAVAK
Italian Journal of Zoology, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, WoS, 2001, vol 68, pp 165-168
DOI: 10.1080/11250000109356402
Summary
Conventional taxonomic treatment has resulted in uncertainty as to the taxonomic status of the two subspecies Bufo bufo spino sus and B. b. verrucosissimus in Turkey. Blood‐serum proteins of the B. bufo specimens from Manyas and Çamhhemşin were com pared qualitatively and quantitatively by polyacrylamide‐disc elec‐trophoresis and densitometry. The Authors found no significant differences between the blood‐serum proteins of the two popula tions examined, and therefore recommend that B. b. verrucosis simus be synonymized with B. b. spinosus.