| the mucosubstance coating the pneumonocytes in the lungs of xenopus laevis and lacerta viridis. | the layer of mucosubstance that is associated with the free surface membranes of the pneumonocytes in the lungs of the toad xenopus laevis and the lizard lacerta viridis was demonstrated by electron microscopy using iron oxide stain. the form and staining reactions of the mucosubstance layer were similar in both animals. in electron micrographs the mucosubstance was represented by a band of densely stained material (25-50 nm thick) which coated the entire free surface of the pneumonocytes. it ap ... | 1975 | 165163 |
| antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity in poikilotherms. | 51cr-chromate labelled chicken red blood cells, treated with rabbit (anti-chicken red blood cell) serum, are lysed in vitro, in the absence of complement, by spleen cells from xenopus laevis, ambystoma mexicanum or lacerta viridis. optimal conditions for lysis by xenopus spleen cells were determined. the phenomenon seems homologous with antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (adcc) mediated by mammalian or avian k cells. the phylogenetic significance of the finding is discussed. | 1977 | 612470 |
| [comparative anatomical study of the synovial membrane in representatives of 4 classes of terrestrial vertebrate]. | the synovial membrane (sm) of some representatives of four terrestrial vertebrate classes was studied by means of scanning electron microscope (sem). the figures of sm of the mammals (man, mini-pig), birds (fowl, gallus domesticus l.), reptiles (lizard, lacerta viridis laur. and turtle, testudo graeca l.) and amphibians (frog, rana esculanta l.) are documented. the sm of all animal species investigated presents a great locally variable appearance in form and surface arrangement of the living cel ... | 1987 | 3314799 |
| cultivation of vaccinia virus in tissue culture from the liver of a cold-blooded animal (lacerta viridis). | | 1965 | 4379474 |
| formation of antibody to tick-borne encephalitis virus in lacerta viridis and l. agilis lizards. | | 1970 | 4392085 |
| [on the early effects of estradiol in the young embryo of the green lizard (lacerta viridis laur.)]. | | 1967 | 4967362 |
| [cultivation of sheep abortion virus in tissue cultures of the liver of a cold-blooded animal (lacerta viridis)]. | | 1965 | 5893216 |
| [effects of an estrogenic hormone on the development of the genital apparatus in the green lizard embryo (lacerta viridis laur.)]. | | 1967 | 6064290 |
| distribution of desmosomal components in the tissues of vertebrates, studied by fluorescent antibody staining. | in previous work we used immunofluorescent staining with specific antibodies to study the distribution of five desmosomal antigens in the epithelia of different vertebrate animals. we showed that all five antigens were present in all epithelia studied in human, bovine, rat, guinea pig, chick and frog (rana pipiens) tissues. it was concluded that desmosomes are highly conserved structures. this paper extends those studies: by including three other species, a lizard (lacerta viridis), the axolotl ... | 1984 | 6378940 |
| a comparison of selected immunological techniques used to detect anti-leishmanial antibodies in the sera of two reptile species. | european green lizards (lacerta viridis) and spiny-tailed agamids (agama caudospinosum) were obtained from areas endemic for human leishmaniasis. serum antibody titres against leishmania agamae, a reptilian leishmanial species, in normal lizards and lizards injected with leishmania agamae promastigotes were measured by 5 immunological methods commonly used in the serodiagnosis of the human and mammalian leishmaniasis viz. immobilisation test (imm), direct agglutination (da), complement-fixation ... | 1984 | 6392425 |
| responses of european green lizards lacerta viridis following administration of leishmania agamae promastigotes. | european green lizards (lacerta viridis) were injected intraperitoneally, subcutaneously or orally with viable leishmania agamae promastigotes. neither promastigotes nor amastigotes were later found in blood and tissue impression smears, or in blood and selected organ cultures. however, by the use of an immunoperoxidase technique, parasite antigens were detected in the liver, stomach, small intestine, kidney, gonad, heart, lung and skin but not in the bone marrow, brain or spleen. non-precipitat ... | 1984 | 6543057 |
| the primary humoral immune response of european green lizards (lacerta viridis) to leishmania agamae. | european green lizards, lacerta viridis, produced relatively thermostable, dithiothreitol-sensitive, non-precipitating, agglutinins and complement-fixing antibodies (cfa) to leishmania agamae administered subcutaneously (sc), intraperitoneally (ip) or orally (or). antibodies were also detected by the immobilization test (imm) and by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa). the most sensitive method for the detection of stimulated immunoglobulins was elisa. antibodies were detected as early as ... | 1983 | 6828327 |
| [salmonella landwasser: a new serotype of salmonella subgenus i (3,10:z:z6)]. | a new salmonella serotype (3,10:z:z6) was isolated from a fecal specimen of a lizard (lacerta viridis) imported from northern italy. the strain was accepted as a new salmonella, subgenus i, on january 11, 1980, by prof. le minor, international salmonella centre paris. the organism was introduced into the kauffmann-white-scheme, supplement xxiii as s. landwasser in referring to the first isolation in a veterinary research institut in landwasser, a suburb of freiburg (frg). | 1982 | 7136350 |
| similar localization of immunoreactive glutamate and aspartate in the pineal organ and retina of various nonmammalian vertebrates. | the localization of immunoreactive glutamate and aspartate was compared in the pineal organ and retina of various vertebrates (raja clavata, carassius auratus, salvelinus alpinus, triturus vulgaris, triturus cristatus, lacerta muralis, lacerta agilis, lacerta viridis, columbia livia and white leghorn chicken) by postembedding immunoelectron microscopy. immunoreaction of both excitatory amino acids was detected in the pinealocytes in a localization similar to that of retinal photoreceptors. the r ... | 1995 | 8714767 |
| immunohistochemical localization of insulin-like growth factor i and ii in the endocrine pancreas of birds, reptiles, and amphibia. | immunoreactive insulin-like growth factors i and ii (igf-i, igf-ii) were sought in the endocrine pancreas of representative birds, reptiles, and amphibia using antisera specific for mammalian igf-i and igf-ii and the classical islet hormones insulin (ins), glucagon (gluc), somatostatin (som), and pancreatic polypeptide (pp) in double immunofluorescence. both igf-i and igf-ii immunoreactivities were present in the endocrine pancreas of all species. igf-ii immunoreactivity was exclusively found in ... | 1995 | 8775065 |
| development of the plerocercoid i of ophiotaenia europaea in reptiles. | the existence of a two-host life-cycle in ophiotaeniid proteocephalideans was tested experimentally using ophiotaenia europaea as a model. three species of reptiles, natrix natrix, natrix tessellata and lacerta viridis, were fed with experimentally infected copepods containing a large number of infective plerocercoids i. a few plerocercoids, most of which were dead, corresponding morphologically to the plerocercoid ii developmental stage of o. europaea, were found encysted in the intestinal wall ... | 1997 | 9467735 |
| intestinal helminth communities in the green lizard, lacerta viridis, from bulgaria | a data set comprising individual host/parasite lists from 100 lacerta viridis (reptilia: lacertidae) belonging to four isolated populations in bulgaria was studied. a total of seven helminth species was recovered (leptophallus nigrovenosus, plagiorchis molini, oswaldocruzia filiformis, spauligodon extenuatus, skrjabinelazia hoffmanni, physaloptera clausa and mesocestoides sp.). lacerta viridis is a new host record for the first five of these species. communities of intestinal helminths of l. vir ... | 1998 | 9765380 |
| [spread of hemoparasites in reptiles and amphibians in italy]. | hemoparasites were harvested from 993 individuals belonging to 15 reptilian and 1 amphibian species, from various italian localities. hemogregarins were found in 10 reptilian species while a flagellate and microfilariae were found only in tarentola mauritanica from lampedusa. for each host species and place of origin the frequencies of hemogregarins are reported and discussed. longitudinal studies with periodical thin smears were carried out on 5 tarentola mauritanica, 4 lacerta viridis, 26 poda ... | 1999 | 10870559 |
| lacerta bilineata (reptilia, lacertidae) as a host of ixodes ricinus (acari, ixodidae) in a protected area of northern italy. | a survey on the importance of lacerta bilineata as host of ixodes ricinus was conducted in northern italy over a three-year period. a total of 202 western green lizards were captured and a total of 2349 ticks were collected. all ticks were identified as i. ricinus; 53.2% and 46.7% were at the larval and nymphal stages, respectively. tick number and prevalence were higher in males than in females, especially from april to june during the host breeding period. the level of tick infestation increas ... | 2001 | 12402524 |
| immunohistochemical localization of s100-like protein in non-mammalian kidney. | the immunolocalization of s100-like protein was investigated in the kidney of saltwater fishes (dicentrarchus labrax; coris julis; serranus cabrilla; scorpaena porcus), amphibia (rana aesculenta), reptiles (lacerta viridis), and aves (gallus domesticus; strutio camelus). s100-like immunoreactivity was detected in the juxtaglomerular cells of all saltwater fishes studied. no immunoreactivity was observed in other tracts of the nephron or in the interstitial tissue. in frog kidney, s100-like immun ... | 2003 | 12645012 |
| experimental pathogenicity of the tick-borne encephalitis virus for the green lizard, lacerta viridis (laurenti 1768). | | 1959 | 13829213 |
| parasitic helminths of reptiles (reptilia) in south moravia (czech republic). | an helminthological investigation of 104 reptile species was carried out in south moravia (czech republic). we examined lacerta viridis, l. agilis, anguis fragilis, natrix natrix, coronella austriaca and vipera berus. twelve species of parasites were found. among these, nematoda occurred most often, followed by trematoda and cestoda. no acanthocephala were detected. | 2005 | 15565461 |
| extensive intraspecific polymorphism detected by sscp at the nuclear c-mos gene in the endemic iberian lizard lacerta schreiberi. | c-mos is a highly conserved intronless gene that has proved useful in the analysis of ancient phylogenetic relationships within vertebrates. we selected the iberian endemic schreiber's green lizard (lacerta schreiberi) that persisted in allopatric refugia since the late pliocene to investigate the utility of the c-mos nuclear gene for intraspecific phylogeographic studies. our combination of dna sequencing with the high resolving power of single-strand conformational polymorphism (sscp) effectiv ... | 2006 | 16499698 |
| genealogy of the nuclear beta-fibrinogen locus in a highly structured lizard species: comparison with mtdna and evidence for intragenic recombination in the hybrid zone. | the study of nuclear genealogies in natural populations of nonmodel organisms is expected to provide novel insights into the evolutionary history of populations, especially when developed in the framework of well-established mtdna phylogeographical scenarios. in the iberian peninsula, the endemic schreiber's green lizard lacerta schreiberi exhibits two highly divergent and allopatric mtdna lineages that started to split during the late pliocene. in this work, we performed a fine-scale analysis o ... | 2006 | 16598190 |
| borrelia lusitaniae and green lizards (lacerta viridis), karst region, slovakia. | in europe, spirochetes within the borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex are transmitted by ixodes ricinus ticks. specific associations are described between reservoir hosts and individual genospecies. we focused on green lizard (lacerta viridis) as a host for ticks and potential host for borreliae. in 2004 and 2005, a total of 146 green lizards infested by ticks were captured, and 469 i. ricinus ticks were removed. borrelial infection was detected in 16.6% of ticks from lizards. of 102 skin bi ... | 2006 | 17326941 |
| male-biased predation of western green lizards by eurasian kestrels. | selective predation can be an important force driving the evolution of organisms. in particular, sex-biased predation is expected to have implications for sexual selection, sex allocation and population dynamics. in this study, we analysed sex differences in the predation of the western green lizard (lacerta bilineata) by the eurasian kestrel (falco tinnunculus) during the reproductive season. in addition, we investigated whether the rate of predation differed during the 8-year study period and ... | 2007 | 17634907 |
| the limits of mtdna phylogeography: complex patterns of population history in a highly structured iberian lizard are only revealed by the use of nuclear markers. | phylogeographic analyses based on the sole use of the mitochondrial dna (mtdna) molecule reveal only a small part of the evolutionary history of a species or a set of related species. in this study, we have combined the application of slow- and fast-evolving nuclear markers (proteins and microsatellites, respectively) together with the analysis of two-gene genealogies to further understand the history of the iberian endemic schreiber's green lizard, lacerta schreiberi, a species for which a well ... | 2008 | 18828782 |
| detection of borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in lizards and their ticks from hungary. | to investigate the involvement of lizard species in the natural cycle of borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) in hungary, a total of 186 reptiles belonging to three species--126 green lizards (lacerta viridis), 40 balkan wall lizards (podarcis taurica), and 20 sand lizards (lacerta agilis)--were captured in 2007 and 2008. all ticks removed from the lizards were ixodes ricinus, either larvae (324/472; 68.6%) or nymphs (148/472; 31.4%). more than half (66/126; 52.4%) of l. viridis individuals we ... | 2009 | 19492950 |
| lipophilic compounds from the femoral gland secretions of male hungarian green lizards, lacerta viridis. | in spite of the importance of chemical signals (pheromones) in the reproductive behaviour of lizards, only a few studies have examined the role of specific chemical compounds as sexual signals. the secreted chemicals vary widely between species but whether this variation reflects phylogenetic or environmental differences remains unclear. based on mass spectra, obtained by gc-ms, we found 40 lipophilic compounds in femoral gland secretions of male green lizards (lacerta viridis), including severa ... | 2009 | 19678551 |
| herpesvirus-associated papillomatosis in a green lizard. | papillomatous skin lesions from a green lizard (lacerta viridis) were examined histologically, using electron microscopy and dna was isolated from the lesions for herpes-viral dna detection. histology confirmed the lesions to be squamous epithelial papillomas. using electron microscopy, no virus particles were detected. the specific sequence of herpesviral dna-directed dna polymerase (ec 2.7.7.7) was amplified using degenerate primers in a nested format. the 235-base-pair (bp) sequence was seque ... | 2010 | 20090040 |
| associations between coinfection prevalence of borrelia lusitaniae, anaplasma sp., and rickettsia sp. in hard ticks feeding on reptile hosts. | an increasing number of studies reveal that ticks and their hosts are infected with multiple pathogens, suggesting that coinfection might be frequent for both vectors and wild reservoir hosts. whereas the examination of associations between coinfecting pathogen agents in natural host-vector-pathogen systems is a prerequisite for a better understanding of disease maintenance and transmission, the associations between pathogens within vectors or hosts are seldom explicitly examined. we examined th ... | 2011 | 20711724 |
| elevated evolutionary rates among functionally diverged reproductive genes across deep vertebrate lineages. | among closely related taxa, proteins involved in reproduction generally evolve more rapidly than other proteins. here, we apply a functional and comparative genomics approach to compare functional divergence across a deep phylogenetic array of egg-laying and live-bearing vertebrate taxa. we aligned and annotated a set of 4,986 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 orthologs in anolis carolinensis (green lizard), danio rerio (zebrafish), xenopus tropicalis (frog), gallus gallus (chicken), and mus musculus (mouse) ac ... | 2011 | 21811675 |
| structure of capsule around acanthocephalan corynosoma strumosum from uncommon paratenic hosts-lizards of two species. | micromorphology and ultrastructure of capsule forming around acanthocephalan corynosoma strumosum in uncommon paratenic hosts-lizards lacerta agilis and lacerta viridis-have been studied. experimental infestation of the lizards by acanthocephalans obtained from naturally infested sea fishes showed that only small amount of parasites occurred in the intestine of the host was able to migrate into body cavity and to be encapsulated. micromorphology of capsules of different ages from different speci ... | 2011 | 21748352 |
| molecular detection of murine herpesvirus 68 in ticks feeding on free-living reptiles. | the mhv-68 (designed as murid herpesvirus 4 (muhv 4) strain 68) isolated from two rodents, myodes glareolus and apodemus flavicollis, is considered as a natural pathogen of free-living murid rodents. recently, the detection of mhv antibodies in the blood of animals living in the same biotope as mhv-infected mice has suggested that ticks may have a role in the transmission of this pathogen. ixodes ricinus is one the most abundant tick species in europe known to transmit multiple pathogens causing ... | 2011 | 21732020 |
| [electron microscopic study of the penetration and distribution of somitic cells in the mesoblast of the limb buds of reptiles (anguis fragilis and lacerta viridis)]. | based on characteristics of mitochondria and on the amount of lipid inclusions, a distinction between somitic cells and mesoblastic somatopleural cells is possible, at the early stages of the development of the limb bud in reptiles (anguis fragilis and lacerta viridis). the dislocation of the ventral processes of the somites and the localisation of the somitic cells in the mesoblast of the anterior limb buds could be studied. | 1988 | 172253 |
| further scanning electron microscope studies of lizard auditory papillae. | the papillae basilares of 12 species of lizards from seven different families were studied by sem. the iguanids, sceloporus magister and s. occidentalis, have typical "iguanid type" papillae with central short-ciliated unidirectional hair cell segments and apical and basal long-ciliated bidirectional hair cell segments. these species of sceloporus are unique among iquanids in that the bidirectional segments consist of but two rows of hair cells. the agamids, agama agama and calotes nigrolabius, ... | 1978 | 671555 |
| concentrations of ketone bodies in the blood of the green lizard ameiva ameiva (teiidae) in different physiological situations. | 1. the concentrations of acetoacetate and 3-hydroxybutyrate have been determined in the blood of the green lizard ameiva ameiva (teiidae) in fed animals and in animals starved for periods from one week to about four months. 2. the concentrations of acetoacetate are low and unaltered in fed and starved animals, being in the range from 0.014 to 0.018 mm. 3. the concentrations of 3-hydroxybutyrate are high: 2.67 mm, in fed animals, falling during starvation down to 0.26 mm. 4. the 3-hydroxybutyrate ... | 1988 | 2896561 |
| [effects of cytosine-arabinofuranoside on the development of reptilian embryos (lacerta viridis, laur. and anguis fragilis, l.)]. | administered into the yolk sac of eggs of lacerta viridis as a single dose of 17 to 40 micrograms, cytosine-arabinoside (ara-c) was compatible with survival of the embryo, from the sixth day of incubation, for at least 20 to 25 days. the ld50 was 40 to 50 micrograms per egg. doses of 20 to 40 micrograms of ara-c introduced in the yolk sac of eggs of the slow-worm (anguis fragilis) cultured in vitro, at stages of the allantoid bud of 0,5 mm to 2,5 mm long, killed the embryo in 4 to 8 days (possib ... | 1982 | 7138013 |
| [general effects of cytosine arabinoside on the embryo of reptiles]. | administered to eggs of reptilia (lacerta viridis and anguis fragilis), cytosine-arabinoside induced numerous embryonic malformations, among which microphthalmia and limb deformities. on the other hand this drug delayed the retrogression of the apical ridge of the limb buds in anguis fragilis. | 1980 | 6775837 |
| [comparative ultrastructural study of the apical ridge of the limb buds of embryos of the slow-worm (anguis fragilis l.) and of embryos of the green lizard (lacerta viridis laur.) (author's transl)]. | | 1979 | 554543 |
| innervation of the conus papillaris in the eye of lacertilians. | the autonomic innervation of the conus papillaris has been observed by electron microscopy in lacerta viridis, muralis, anguis fragilis and zonosaurus ornatus. bundles of nerve fibres accompanying blood vessels penetrate the conus at the level of the intraocular portion of the optic nerve. within the conus proper, different aspects are described: bundles of fibres from which some axons can be separated, aggregates of axons with varicosities enclosed within the cytoplasm of pigmented cells, isola ... | 1978 | 310259 |
| [organization of the ventral branchial and lumbar horns of the spinal cord in embryos of snake-like and tetrapod reptiles]. | in embryos of snake-like reptiles (anguis fragilis) and of ophidians (tropidonotus, python), the lay-out of motor neuroblast in the ventral horns of the spinal cord, in the brachial and the lumbar regions differs from the one observed in the same regions of embryos of tetrapod reptiles (lacerta viridis). | 1977 | 417825 |
| [histochemical and cytophotometric data on the apical crest, mesoblastic cells and somitic processes of the limb buds of reptile embryos (lacerta viridis laur. and anguis fragilis l.)]. | | 1977 | 603238 |
| [the innervation of anterior rudimentary limbs in snake embryos]. | in comparison to the innervation of the well developed anterior limb-bud of lacerta viridis or emys or bicularis we have observed in embryos of reptiles with rudimentary limb-buds (anguis fragilis, scelotes inornatus, scelotes brevipes), a reduction in the number of spinal nerves entering the anterior limb-bud; this reduction is parallel to that of the number of spinal nerves entering the anterior limb-bud; this reduction is parallel to that of the number of somites involved in the limb-bud. | 1976 | 816523 |
| [ultrastructural study of the piriform cells of the ovarian follicle in 5 reptiles]. | in the 5 lacertilians the cytoplasm of the pyriform cells contains numerous mitochondria, a well developed golgi apparatus, free ribosomes, glycogen-like particles, annulate lamellae, bundles of microfilaments and microtubules. both the paracrystalline arrangement of ribosomes in lacerta muralis and lacerta viridis and the paracrystalline intramitochondrial inclusions in anguis fragilis observed during the spring are probably related to hibernation. each pyriform cell is connected to the oocyte ... | 1976 | 1008559 |
| [cytophotometric studies on the levels of proteins and rna in the nuclei of the apical crest ane the epiblast of the limb bud of the green lizard (lacerta viridis laur.) and the blindworm (anguis fragilis l)]. | cytophotometric determinations establish that in the limb buds of young embryos of the slow worm (anguis fragilis l.) and of the green lizard (lacerta viridis laur.) the level of nuclear proteins and rna is higher in the cells of the apical crest than in the cells of the epiblast on either side of the crest. this relative increase is progressively y reduced. | 1975 | 809153 |
| [ultrastructural characteristics of several constituants of limb buds in the embryos of the slowworm (anguis fragilis l.) and the green lizard (lacerta viridis laur.)]. | ultrastructural characteristics of the cells of the apical crest, of the mesoblast and of the ventral processes of somites, in the anlage of the anterior limb buds of embryos of the slow-worm (anguis fragilis) and of the green lizard (lacerta viridis) are described at early stages of the development. differences between the two species studied are brought to light. | 1975 | 808305 |
| [demonstration, by means of electron microscopy, of the penetration of somitic cells into the mesoblast of the limb buds of reptile embryos (anguis fragilis, lacerta viridis)]. | an electron microscopic study of the components of anterior limb buds of the slow-worm (anguis fragilis) and of the green lizard (lacerta viridis) (embryos of anguis whose allantoic bud reach 0,7 to 4 mm of length; embryos of lacerta 2 to 7 days old) provides data on the cytological characteristics of the components of the limb bud at these early stages. 1. the cells of the distal extremity of the somitic processes extending in the limb bud of anguis and lacerta, are elongated cells with ovoid n ... | 1975 | 184737 |
| [comparative study of hemipenis formation in embryos of the blind-worm (anguis fragilis l.) and the green lizard (lacerta viridis laur.) and the single copulator organ of the moroccan tortoise (testudo iberica. schr.)]. | | 1969 | 4983247 |
| [comparative study of the development of limb rudiments of the blind-worm embryo (anguis fragilis l.) and the green lizard embryo (lacerta viridis l.)]. | | 1963 | 14098231 |
| the immunohistochemical localization of synaptophysin protein (p38) in the gastro-entero-pancreatic (gep) system of reptiles. | the gastro-entero-pancreatic (gep) system of four reptilian species: turtle (emys orbicularis), lizards (lacerta viridis and lacerta agilis) and snake (natrix natrix) has been investigated immunohistochemically for the presence and topographic distribution of synaptophysin. among the studied reptiles, only in turtles were neural, glial and neuroendocrine elements labelled for this marker protein. semi-quantitative evaluation of the immunolabelled neural structures distributed throughout the gast ... | 2009 | 18829074 |
| morphometrics and molecular analysis of ozolaimus linstowi n. sp. (oxyuroidea: pharyngodonidae) from the green lizard iguana iguana. | ozolaimus linstowi n. sp. is described from the large intestine of iguana iguana linnaeus, 1758 from mexico. the present species can be easily distinguished from o. megatyphlon and o. cirratus by the presence of a long and slender pharynx not divided into sections, more similar to the remaining two species, o. monhystera and o. ctenosauri. ozolaimus linstowi n. sp. can be differentiated from o. monhystera by the shorter spicule length and smaller body size of both males and females. males of o. ... | 2016 | 25744633 |
| study of the relation of the green lizard (lacerta viridis laur.) to natural foci of tick-borne encephalitis. | | 1961 | 14491102 |
| first detection of murine herpesvirus 68 in adult ixodes ricinus ticks. | murine herpesvirus 68 (mhv-68) is a natural pathogen that infects murid rodents, which serves as hosts for ixodes ricinus ticks. for the first time, mhv-68 was detected in immature i. ricinus ticks feeding on lacerta viridis lizards trapped in slovakia, which supports the idea that ticks can acquire the virus from feeding on infected hosts. the recent discovery of mhv-68 infection and mhv-68 m3 gene transcripts in dermacentor reticulatus ticks collected in slovakia also supports this suggestion. ... | 2018 | 29352410 |
| reactions of green lizards (lacerta viridis) to major repellent compounds secreted by graphosoma lineatum (heteroptera: pentatomidae). | the chemical defence of heteroptera is primarily based on repellent secretions which signal the potential toxicity of the bug to its predators. we tested the aversive reactions of green lizards (lacerta viridis) towards the major compounds of the defensive secretion of graphosoma lineatum, specifically: (i) a mixture of three aldehydes: (e)-hex-2-enal, (e)-oct-2-enal, (e)-dec-2-enal; (ii) a mixture of these three aldehydes and tridecane; (iii) oxoaldehyde: (e)-4-oxohex-2-enal; (iv) secretion ext ... | 2015 | 25869384 |
| synuclein expression in the lizard anolis carolinensis. | the synuclein (syn) family comprises three proteins: α-, β- and γ-syns. in humans, they are involved in neurodegenerative diseases such as parkinson's disease and in tumors. members of the syn family were sequenced in representative species of all vertebrates and the comparative analysis of amino acid sequences suggests that syns are evolutionarily conserved, but information about their expression in vertebrate lineages is still scarce and completely lacking in reptiles. in this study, the expre ... | 2016 | 27393691 |
| vitamin d target systems in the brain of the green lizard anolis carolinensis. | autoradiographic mapping criteria were employed to identify and localize specific high affinity binding sites (receptors) for the steroid hormone 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin d3 (1,25-d3) in the brain of anolis carolinensis. in female and male lizards binding of tritiated 1,25-d3 occurred in identical regions of the fore-, mid-, and hindbrain, similar to findings in other species. there was a band of intensely labeled neurons forming a continuum from the n. accumbens, n. striae terminalis, the striatum ... | 1996 | 8742055 |
| 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin d3 binding sites in the eye and associated tissues of the green lizard anolis carolinensis. | receptor autoradiography was used for the demonstration of specific binding of the tritiated steroid hormone 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin d3 in the eyes and associated tissues of anolis carolinensis. a 100-fold excess of non-labelled 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin d3 abolished specific nuclear binding of tracer. nuclear [3h]-1,25-dihydroxyvitamin d3 binding was present in all animals in the retina stratum ganglionare and stratum nuclear externum as well as in the cornea; however, binding was absent in the optic ... | 1995 | 7591844 |
| [cortical areas of several squamate reptiles. (lacerta viridis, chamaeleo lateralis, monopeltis guentheri)]. | | 1972 | 4560255 |
| random sampling of squamate reptiles in spanish natural reserves reveals the presence of novel adenoviruses in lacertids (family lacertidae) and worm lizards (amphisbaenia). | here, we report the results of a large-scale pcr survey on the prevalence and diversity of adenoviruses (advs) in samples collected randomly from free-living reptiles. on the territories of the guadarrama mountains national park in central spain and of the chafarinas islands in north africa, cloacal swabs were taken from 318 specimens of eight native species representing five squamate reptilian families. the healthy-looking animals had been captured temporarily for physiological and ethological ... | 2016 | 27399970 |
| characterization of nannizziopsis guarroi with genomic and proteomic analysis in three lizard species. | fungal infections in captive as well as in free-living reptiles caused by emerging obligate pathogenic fungi appear with increasing frequency and give occasion to establish new and fast methods for routine diagnostics. the so-called yellow fungus disease is one of the most important and common fungal dermatomycoses in central bearded dragons (pogona vitticeps) and green iguanas (iguana iguana) and is caused by nannizziopsis guarroi. the aim of this study was to prove reliability in identificatio ... | 2017 | 29420823 |
| [light and electron microscopic studies of the islands of langerhans of lizards (lacerta agilis l., lacerta viridis laurenti)]. | | 1967 | 4177603 |
| the complete mitochondrial genome of lacerta bilineata and comparison with its closely related congener l. viridis. | we sequenced the mitochondrial genome of the western green lizard (lacerta bilineata) using illumina technology and additional sanger sequencing. the assembled 17 086 bp mitogenome had a gc content of 40.32% and consisted of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 trna genes, two rrna genes, and one control region (cr), with a gene order identical to the chordate consensus. in addition, we re-sequenced the mitogenome of the closely related eastern green lizard l. viridis using the same techniques as for l. ... | 2017 | 26709540 |
| carbohydrate cytochemistry on hypodermic lymphatic endothelium of the green lizard, lacerta hispanica. | a cytochemical study on the endothelium of the hypodermic lymphatic capillaries of the green lizard, lacerta hispanica, has been carried out. the dialysed iron method produced a homogeneous precipitate on the surface of the endothelial cells and on the inside of the endocytic vesicles. the periodic acid-thiocarbohydrazide-silver proteinate, low ph phosphotungstic acid and high iron diamine techniques gave negative results. the carbohydrates in the capillaries thus seem to be glycosaminoglycans w ... | 1982 | 7174354 |
| does ecophysiology mediate reptile responses to fire regimes? evidence from iberian lizards. | background. reptiles are sensitive to habitat disturbance induced by wildfires but species frequently show opposing responses. functional causes of such variability have been scarcely explored. in the northernmost limit of the mediterranean bioregion, lizard species of mediterranean affinity (psammodromus algirus and podarcis guadarramae) increase in abundance in burnt areas whereas atlantic species (lacerta schreiberi and podarcis bocagei) decrease. timon lepidus, the largest mediterranean liza ... | 2016 | 27330864 |
| what are carotenoids signaling? immunostimulatory effects of dietary vitamin e, but not of carotenoids, in iberian green lizards. | in spite that carotenoid-based sexual ornaments are one of the most popular research topics in sexual selection of animals, the antioxidant and immunostimulatory role of carotenoids, presumably signaled by these colorful ornaments, is still controversial. it has been suggested that the function of carotenoids might not be as an antioxidant per se, but that colorful carotenoids may indirectly reflect the levels of nonpigmentary antioxidants, such as melatonin or vitamin e. we experimentally fed m ... | 2014 | 25326094 |
| lipids in the femoral gland secretions of male schreiber's green lizards, lacerta schreiberi. | in spite of the importance of chemoreception and chemical signals in social organization of lizards, only a few studies have examined the chemical composition of secretions that lizards use for intraspecific communication. the secretion of the femoral glands of male schreiber's green lizards (lacerta schreiberi) contains 51 lipophilic compounds, including several steroids, a-tocopherol, n-c9 to n-c22 carboxylic acids and their esteres, and minor components such as alcohols between c12 and c24, t ... | 2009 | 17137126 |
| effects of energy and thermoregulation time on physiological state and sexual signal in a lizard. | theory of sexual selection states that males often develop showy signals, which reduce their survival but increase their reproductive success. during mate choice, these conspicuous signals can be honest indicators of individual quality conveying information about the signaler's physiological state. sexually selected signals are influenced by many environmental factors; however, whether signals and physiological state are affected together is rarely studied. the ultraviolet-blue throat color of m ... | 2018 | 29377549 |
| environment-dependence of behavioural consistency in adult male european green lizards (lacerta viridis). | understanding the background mechanisms affecting the emergence and maintenance of consistent between-individual variation within population in single (animal personality) or across multiple (behavioural syndrome) behaviours has key importance. state-dependence theory suggests that behaviour is 'anchored' to individual state (e.g. body condition, gender, age) and behavioural consistency emerges through behavioural-state feedbacks. a number of relevant state variables are labile (e.g. body condit ... | 2017 | 29112964 |
| identification and characterization of a class of malat1-like genomic loci. | the malat1 (metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1) gene encodes a noncoding rna that is processed into a long nuclear retained transcript (malat1) and a small cytoplasmic trna-like transcript (mascrna). using an rna sequence- and structure-based covariance model, we identified more than 130 genomic loci in vertebrate genomes containing the malat1 3' end triple-helix structure and its immediate downstream trna-like structure, including 44 in the green lizard anolis carolinensis. ... | 2017 | 28538188 |
| effects of insularity on digestion: living on islands induces shifts in physiological and morphological traits in island reptiles. | living on islands entails numerous challenges for animals, among which resource scarcity stands out. in order to survive, animals have to optimize energy acquisition. we examined the impact of insularity on digestion comparing a series of physiological and morphological traits of adult males between insular and mainland populations of the balkan green lizard. island lizards had longer gastrointestinal tracts and gut passage times and higher digestive efficiencies. the dissection of the hindgut r ... | 2015 | 26319572 |
| european green lizard (lacerta viridis) personalities: linking behavioural types to ecologically relevant traits at different ontogenetic stages. | consistent individual differences within (animal personality) and across (behavioural syndrome) behaviours became well recognized during the past decade. nevertheless, our knowledge about the evolutionary and developmental mechanisms behind the phenomena is still incomplete. here, we explored if risk-taking and exploration were consistent and linked to different ecologically relevant traits in wild-caught adult male european green lizards (lacerta viridis) and in their 2-3 weeks old laboratory-r ... | 2015 | 25475912 |
| molecular systematics and historical biogeography of the green lizards (lacerta) in greece: insights from mitochondrial and nuclear dna. | the green lizards of the genus lacerta (sauria, lacertidae) comprise nine recognized species, which in europe are mainly restricted to the southern peninsulas. four of them (l. trilineata, l. viridis, l. bilineata and l. agilis) occur in greece. the uncertainty of morphological diversification renders the taxonomic assignment into species and subspecies problematic. in this study sequence data derived from two mitochondrial (cytochrome b and 16s rrna) genes and one nuclear (nktr) gene were used ... | 2014 | 24680741 |
| negative correlation between nuptial throat colour and blood parasite load in male european green lizards supports the hamilton-zuk hypothesis. | during female mate choice, conspicuous male sexual signals are used to infer male quality and choose the best sire for the offspring. the theory of parasite-mediated sexual selection (hamilton-zuk hypothesis) presumes that parasite infection can influence the elaboration of sexual signals: resistant individuals can invest more energy into signal expression and thus advertise their individual quality through signal intensity. by preferring these males, females can provide resistance genes for the ... | 2013 | 23644520 |
| temperature, but not available energy, affects the expression of a sexually selected ultraviolet (uv) colour trait in male european green lizards. | colour signals are widely used in intraspecific communication and often linked to individual fitness. the development of some pigment-based (e.g. carotenoids) colours is often environment-dependent and costly for the signaller, however, for structural colours (e.g. ultraviolet [uv]) this topic is poorly understood, especially in terrestrial ectothermic vertebrates. | 2012 | 22479611 |
| ultraviolet nuptial colour determines fight success in male european green lizards (lacerta viridis). | animal communication through colour signals is a central theme in sexual selection. structural colours can be just as costly and honest signals as pigment-based colours. ultraviolet (uv) is a structural colour that can be important both in intrasexual competition and mate choice. however, it is still unknown if a uv signal alone can determine the outcome of male-male fights. european green lizard (lacerta viridis) males develop a nuptial throat coloration with a strong uv component. among males ... | 2011 | 21715397 |
| bioinformatic and molecular characterization of beta-defensins-like peptides isolated from the green lizard anolis carolinensis. | the high resistance of lizards to infections indicates that anti-microbial peptides may be involved. through the analysis of the green lizard (anolis carolinensis) genome and the expressed sequence tag (est) libraries 32 beta-defensin-like-peptides have been identified. the level of expression of some of these genes in different tissues has been determined by semi-quantitative rt-pcr. gene expression and structure analysis suggest the presence of alternative splicing mechanisms, with a number of ... | 2012 | 21663758 |
| vitamin e supplementation increases the attractiveness of males' scent for female european green lizards. | in spite that chemoreception is important in sexual selection for many animals, such as reptiles, the mechanisms that confer reliability to chemical signals are relatively unknown. european green lizards (lacerta viridis) have substantial amounts of α-tocopherol ( = vitamin e) in their femoral secretions. because vitamin e is metabolically important and can only be attained from the diet, its secretion is assumed to be costly. however, its role in intraspecific communication is unknown. | 2011 | 21552540 |
| the complete mitochondrial genome of the green lizard lacerta viridis viridis (reptilia: lacertidae) and its phylogenetic position within squamate reptiles. | for the first time the complete mitochondrial genome was sequenced for a member of lacertidae. lacerta viridis viridis was sequenced in order to compare the phylogenetic relationships of this family to other reptilian lineages. using the long-polymerase chain reaction (long pcr) we characterized a mitochondrial genome, 17,156 bp long showing a typical vertebrate pattern with 13 protein coding genes, 22 transfer rnas (trna), two ribosomal rnas (rrna) and one major noncoding region. the noncoding ... | 2007 | 17391869 |
| case report: treatment of canine colitis in a dachshund with a compounded oral tri-mix (green lizard). | | 2013 | 23974414 |
| lectin cytochemical localisation of glycoconjugates in the olfactory system of the lizards lacerta viridis and podarcis sicula. | to investigate the presence of defined carbohydrate moieties on the cell surface of the olfactory and vomeronasal receptor cells and the projections of the latter into the olfactory bulbs, a lectin binding study was performed on the olfactory system of the lizards: lacerta viridis and podarcis sicula. both lizards showed a high lectin binding for n-acetyl-glucosamine in the sensory neurons. the lectin binding patterns in lacerta indicated that the main olfactory system possessed a moderate densi ... | 2000 | 10926095 |
| how photoperiod influences body temperature selection in lacerta viridis. | european green lizards, lacerta viridis, show a distinct annual cycle in their day and nighttime selected body temperature (tb) levels when monitored under natural photoperiod. the amplitude between daily photophase and scotophase temperatures varies throughout the year. highest body temperatures with smallest day/night variation are selected from may through july. throughout fall, the difference between day and nighttime selected tblevels increases. lizards inevitably enter a state of winter do ... | 1988 | 28311845 |
| nerve endings in the lizard skin (lacerta viridis). | | 1984 | 6528722 |
| [chemically induced ectropodia in the lacerta viridis embryo and formation of styliform limbs in reptiles]. | administered into the eggs of lacerta virifis on days 10 and 11 of incubation (at 25 degrees c), cytosine-arabinofuranoside induces ectropodia in embryos, with a high frequency, which may reach 66%. the resulting styliform limbs display a general structure similar to that of the limbs of several species of serpentiform reptilia. | 1984 | 6428719 |
| the effect of photoperiod on temperature selection in the european green lizard, lacerta viridis. | voluntary body temperature selection of unrestrained lacerta viridis revealed consistant photoperiod entrained diel patterns. each daily cycle was characterized by an elevation in body temperature (tb) to a high level plateau which declined at the onset of scotophase to a low level; both of which were maintained within narrow ranges.under natural photoperiod in fall, lizards responded to shorter days by sinking low level tb's and expanding the duration of these low levels until no rhythmicity wa ... | 1982 | 28311113 |
| viral particles in a papilloma from a green lizard (lacerta viridis). | | 1982 | 6278219 |
| an hypothesis on the influence of the temperature on the telencephalic reparative processes in lacerta viridis. | the authors removed a simple plug from the dorsal hippocampus, or from the dorsal hippocampus and part of the medial hippocampus in a telencephalic hemisphere in specimens of lacerta viridis. the specimens were sacrificed some time after the operation after administration of 6-3 h thymidina. the examination of the emulsified slides showed that in these experimental condition no reparative process is observed, except for an impressive proliferation of cells and fibres which, from the meninx, brid ... | 1980 | 7415392 |
| response of the regenerating telencephalon of lacerta viridis to nerve growth factor. | to identify the nature of the dividing cells during the regenerative process of the telencephalon, the authors administered nerve growth factor (ngf) to lacerta viridis with a wedge of telencephalon removed. some known centers of cell proliferation were unresponsive to the treatment, whereas the ventral end of the telencephalic ventricle underwent an increase of up to 200% in proliferation rate. on the basis of this observation and data in the literature, the authors propose that the cell prolif ... | 1980 | 7210792 |
| the sensory component of the facial nerve of a reptile (lacerta viridis). | the sensory fibers of the facial nerve in lacerta viridis have been studied with a silver impregnation method to follow the course of axonal degeneration. destruction of the geniculate ganglion demonstrated the degenerated sensory component of the facial nerve adjacent to the anterior vestibular root. within the lateral vestibular area the facial sensory fibers consist of numerous rootlets separated by vestibular fibers and cells. these rootlets may join to form a main or paired sensory tract th ... | 1979 | 422755 |
| the effect of a laboratory environment on graft rejection in lacerta viridis, the european green lizard. | | 1979 | 160875 |
| testicular steroid biosynthesis by the green lizard lacerta viridis. | | 1978 | 720814 |
| functional anatomy of the lungs of the green lizard, lacerta viridis. | the gas-exchange area in the lung of lacerta viridis has been studied by light microscopy and electron microscopy. the interior of the lung in this species is partitioned into air sacs by radially disposed septa. the surfaces of each septum are covered by a continuous epithelium, the cells of which are termed 'pneumonocytes'. deep to the epithelium there is a close-meshed plexus of capillaries. the middle layer of the septum contains smooth muscle and fibrous tissue. two varieties of pneumonocyt ... | 1978 | 624686 |
| [effects of ablation of the hindlimb on the organization of the ventral horn of the spinal cord in the lumbar region of green lizard embryos (lacerta viridis laur.)]. | after extirpation of an hind limb in embryos of lacerta viridis, numerous motor neuroblasts degenerate on the operated side, in the ventral horn of the lumbar spinal cord and the corresponding motor column is reduced or disappears. the lumbar spinal ganglia are affected and reduced on the operated side. | 1978 | 417843 |
| preliminary study of the regenerative processes of the dorsal cortex of the telencephalon of lacerta viridis. | the authors removed from lacerta viridis specimens part of the dorsal hippocampus of one telencephalic hemisphere. the animals were sacrificed 110 and 260 days after the operation; 24 hours before the operation on the encephalon, each was dosed with 6--3h thymidine. an examination of the historadiographic slides showed a clear remedial process in the operated area which, 260 days after has renewed in thickness but was still minus its characteristic cellular layer. the area of the telencephalon a ... | 1977 | 614739 |
| [cutaneous lesions with papillomatous structure associated with viruses in the green lizard (lacerta viridis laur.)]. | numerous papillomata affecting the skin of the dorsal part of the body occur in a population of lacerta viridis reared in the laboratory. electron microscopic study of three of these growths revealed the presence of viral particles belonging, from the morphological aspect, to the groups of the viruses of herpes, reo and papova. | 1976 | 827387 |
| [submicroscopic organization of the cerebellum in lacerta viridis]. | | 1976 | 1027384 |
| ventilation, pulmonary and cutaneous gas exchange in the awake lizard lacerta viridis. | | 1976 | 9237 |
| responses of neurons of lizard's, lacerta viridis, vestibular nuclei to electrical stimulation of the ipsi- and contralateral viiith nerves. | field and intracellular potentials were recorded in the vestibular nuclei of the lizard following stimulation of the ipsi- and contralateral vestibular nerves. the field potentials induced by ipsilateral viiith nerve stimulation consisted of an early negative or positive-negative wave (presynaptic component) followed by a slow negativity (transsynaptic component). the spatial distribution of the field potential complex closely paralleled the extension of the vestibular nuclei. mono- and polysyna ... | 1975 | 1171430 |
| [ultrastructure of primordial germ cells of lacerta muralis and lacerta viridis. comparison with lacerta vivipara (author's transl)]. | the ultrastructure of primordial germ cells migrating through the embryo and situated in genital crests is described in lacerta viridis and lacerta muralis. it is compared with the germ cells of lacerta vivipara previously studied. the cytoplasmic ultrastructure is the same in the three lacertilians, but several nuclear differences are observed. the outline of the nucleus is regular and his shape is spheric in lacerta vivipara, but in the two others lacertilians the nucleus shows a very sinuous ... | 1974 | 4620139 |
| [effect of different incubation temperatures on somatic and sexual development of green lizard embryos (lacerta viridis laur.)]. | | 1972 | 4630934 |