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Table 1 Karyological data of Norops species

From: Pattern of chromosomal changes in ‘beta’ Anolis (Norops group) (Squamata: Polychrotidae) depicted by an ancestral state analysis

Species

Karyotype

Macrochromosomes

Microchromosomes

Sex chromosomes

Source

Anolis mestrei

28

14 M/SM

14

-

Gorman and Atkins (1968)

Anolis homolechis

28

14 M/SM

14

-

Gorman and Atkins (1968)

Anolis quadriocellifer

28

14 M/SM

14

-

Gorman and Atkins (1968)

Anolis rubribarbus

28

14 M/SM

14

-

Gorman and Atkins (1968)

Anolis sagrei

29-30a (type-B)

18 M/SM

Male 11 Female 12a

X1X2Y - X1X1X2X2 a

De Smet (1981)

Anolis lineatopus

30 (type-A)

14 M/SM

16

-

Gorman (1965 1969)

Anolis valencienni

30 (type-A)

14 M/SM

16

-

Gorman and Atkins (1968)

Anolis garmani

30 (type-A)

14 M/SM

16

-

Gorman and Atkins (1968)

Anolis lineatus

30 (type-A)

14 M/SM

16

-

Gorman and Atkins (1968)

Anolis nitens = Anolis chrysolepis

30 (type-A)

14 M/SM

16

-

Gorman (1973)

Anolis auratus

30 (type-A)

14 M/SM

16

-

Gorman et al. (1967), De Smet (1981)

Anolis aquaticus

30 (type-A)

14 M/SM

16

-

Gorman unpublished (in Lieb 1981)

Anolis conspersus

30 (type-B)

14 M/SM

16

XY (seventh) (similar sizes)

Gorman and Atkins (1966)

Anolis opalinus

30 (type-B)

14 M/SM

16

XY (seventh) (similar sizes)

Gorman (1969)

Anolis onca

30 (type-B)

14 M/SM

16

XY (seventh) (similar sizes)

Gorman (1969)

Anolis grahami

30 ~ 37

14 M/SM-10 M/SM, 9A, ST

16-18b

-

De Smet (1981)

Anolis biporcatus

29-30 (type-A)

Male: 13 M/SM, 1 A; female: 12 M/SM, 2 A

Male 15, female 16

X1X2Y - X1X1X2X2

Gorman and Atkins (1966)

Anolis nebulosus

30 (type-C)

14 M/SM

16

XY (different sizes)

Lieb (1981), Castiglia et al. (2010)

Anolis quercorum

30 (type-C)

14 M/SM

16

XY (different sizes)

Lieb (1981)

Anolis gracilipes

36

8 M/SM; 12 A

16

-

Gorman (1973)

Anolis liogaster

38

6 M/SM; 16 A

16

XY (different sizes)

Lieb (1981)

Anolis omiltemanus

38

6 M/SM; 16 A

16

XY (different sizes)

Lieb (1981)

Anolis gadovii

36

8 M/SM; 12 A

16

XY (different sizes)

Lieb (1981)

Anolis unilobatus

40

20 SM/ST, 4 M

16

XY (different sizes)

Present data

Anolis tropidolepis

40

24c

16

-

Gorman (1973)

Anolis fuscoauratus

40

24c

16

-

Gorman (1973)

Anolis humilis

40

24c

16

-

Gorman (1973)

Anolis cupreus

40

4 M/SM; 20 A

16

-

Gorman (1973)

Anolis polylepis

40

24c

16

-

Gorman (1973)

Anolis tropidonotus

40

24c

16

-

Gorman (1973)

Anolis capito

40

24c

16

-

Gorman (1973)

Anolis limifrons

40

24c

16

-

Gorman (1973)

Anolis lionotus

40

24c

16

-

Gorman (1973)

Anolis tropidogaster

40

4 M/SM; 20 A

16

-

Gorman (1973)

Anolis intermedius

40

24c

16

-

Gorman unpublished (in Lieb 1981)

Anolis dunni

40

4 M/SM; 20 A

16

XY (different sizes)

Lieb (1981)

Anolis taylori

40

4 M/SM; 20 A

16

XY (different sizes)

Lieb (1981)

Anolis nebuloides

42

ND

ND

XY (different sizes)

Lieb (1981)

  1. M, metacentric; SM, submetacentric; A, acrocentric; ST, subtelocentric; ND, no distinction was made between macro- and microchromosomes. aInferred from the male karyotype; bthe presence of inter-individual variation of microchromosomes; cthe morphology of macrochromosomes was not studied.