Polydactyly in the Tyrrhenian wall lizard (<em>Podarcis tiliguerta</em>)

Polydactyly in the Tyrrhenian wall lizard (<em>Podarcis tiliguerta</em>)

Polydactyly is a fairly frequent phenomenon in tetrapod populations, but it is relatively rare in reptiles. Here we report the occurrence of polydactyly in a random sample of the Tyrrhenian wall lizard (Podarcis tiliguerta) from Sardinia. In the locality of Siniscola (NE Sardinia), we found two poly...

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Main Authors: Antigoni Kaliontzopoulou, Daniele Salvi, Verónica Gomes, João Maia, Panagiotis Kaliontzopoulos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2013-07-01
Series:Acta Herpetologica
Online Access:https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ah/article/view/1683
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spelling doaj-57710516ae5d4a3d87b103c2dac6d5df2020-11-24T21:27:39ZengFirenze University PressActa Herpetologica1827-96351827-96432013-07-018110.13128/Acta_Herpetol-1180511249Polydactyly in the Tyrrhenian wall lizard (<em>Podarcis tiliguerta</em>)Antigoni Kaliontzopoulou0Daniele Salvi1Verónica Gomes2João Maia3Panagiotis Kaliontzopoulos4CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos GenéticosCIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos GenéticosCIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos1 CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal 2 Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre FC4 4169-007 Porto, Portugal 3 Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-UPF), Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49, 08003, Barcelona, SpainFlorinis 54, Vrilissia, GreecePolydactyly is a fairly frequent phenomenon in tetrapod populations, but it is relatively rare in reptiles. Here we report the occurrence of polydactyly in a random sample of the Tyrrhenian wall lizard (Podarcis tiliguerta) from Sardinia. In the locality of Siniscola (NE Sardinia), we found two polydactylous female lizards, one of which showed polydactyly in one and the other in both hind limbs. This observation constitutes, to the best of our knowledge, the highest frequency of polydactyly ever reported in a single lizard population (4.54%). While providing a direct explanation for polydactyly is complicated, the genetic data available show that the two polydactylous individuals are not direct siblings, excluding the hypothesis of direct maternal inheritance of this condition.https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ah/article/view/1683
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author Antigoni Kaliontzopoulou
Daniele Salvi
Verónica Gomes
João Maia
Panagiotis Kaliontzopoulos
spellingShingle Antigoni Kaliontzopoulou
Daniele Salvi
Verónica Gomes
João Maia
Panagiotis Kaliontzopoulos
Polydactyly in the Tyrrhenian wall lizard (<em>Podarcis tiliguerta</em>)
Acta Herpetologica
author_facet Antigoni Kaliontzopoulou
Daniele Salvi
Verónica Gomes
João Maia
Panagiotis Kaliontzopoulos
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title Polydactyly in the Tyrrhenian wall lizard (<em>Podarcis tiliguerta</em>)
title_short Polydactyly in the Tyrrhenian wall lizard (<em>Podarcis tiliguerta</em>)
title_full Polydactyly in the Tyrrhenian wall lizard (<em>Podarcis tiliguerta</em>)
title_fullStr Polydactyly in the Tyrrhenian wall lizard (<em>Podarcis tiliguerta</em>)
title_full_unstemmed Polydactyly in the Tyrrhenian wall lizard (<em>Podarcis tiliguerta</em>)
title_sort polydactyly in the tyrrhenian wall lizard (<em>podarcis tiliguerta</em>)
publisher Firenze University Press
series Acta Herpetologica
issn 1827-9635
1827-9643
publishDate 2013-07-01
description Polydactyly is a fairly frequent phenomenon in tetrapod populations, but it is relatively rare in reptiles. Here we report the occurrence of polydactyly in a random sample of the Tyrrhenian wall lizard (Podarcis tiliguerta) from Sardinia. In the locality of Siniscola (NE Sardinia), we found two polydactylous female lizards, one of which showed polydactyly in one and the other in both hind limbs. This observation constitutes, to the best of our knowledge, the highest frequency of polydactyly ever reported in a single lizard population (4.54%). While providing a direct explanation for polydactyly is complicated, the genetic data available show that the two polydactylous individuals are not direct siblings, excluding the hypothesis of direct maternal inheritance of this condition.
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