Bufo melanostictus

About: Bufo melanostictus is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 196 publications have been published within this topic receiving 1168 citations.

Immunohistochemical Study on 5-Hydroxytryptamine Immunoreactive Cells in the Alimentary Tract of Bufo melanostictus and Rana nigromaculata

Abstract: Using immunohistochemical technique, 5-Hydroxytryptamine immunoreactive (5-HT-IR) cells were observed in the alimentary tract of the toad Bufo melanostictus and the frog Rana nigromaculata . 5-HT-IR cells were distributed throughout the alimentary tracts of both species and located in the gastric glands of the stomach regions and in the intestinal or esophageal epithelium with variable frequencies. The density of the cell in B. melanostictus is the highest in the ileum, moderate in the jejunum and stomachus pyloricus, and the lowest in the duodenum and rectum. In R. nigromaculata the density of 5-HT-IR cells is the highest in the stomachus pyloricus, moderate in the ileum and jejunum, and the lowest in the esophagus, stomachus cardiacus and rectum. 5-HT-IR cells were spherical, elliptoid, coniform or spindle-shaped with long cytoplasmic process reaching to the lumen. The distribution mode of 5-HT-IR cells and the relationship between morphology and function are also discussed.

A comparative account of the seasonal variation of circulating blood cells of toad, Bufo melanostictus and wall lizard, Hemidactylus flaviviridis

Abstract: Key words: Circulating blood; total count; differential count; B. melanostictus ; H. flaviviridis Univ. j. zool. Rajshahi Univ. Vol.24, 2005. pp. 39-42