| histopathological effects of carbaryl on testes of snake-eyed lizard, ophisops elegans. | background, aim and scope: due to their ecological niche and insectivore nature, lizards are of increased risk of exposure to pesticides in agricultural areas. in addition to their potential direct effects on non-target species, insecticides can also result in indirect impacts on lizard population by reducing their food source. carbaryl is a common insecticide that is widely used in areas of turkey that are home to a variety of reptiles. however, to date, little is known about the potential effe ... | 2011 | 21667215 |
| histopathological effects of carbaryl on digestive system of snake-eyed lizard, ophisops elegans. | we examined the effects of carbaryl in the digestive system of ophisops elegans. lizards were exposed once to different concentrations of carbaryl (2.5, 25 and 250 μg/g). after 96 h, findings related to the esophagus in all treatment groups were not conspicuous. the most important histological defects were observed in the stomach. in the small intestine, collapse of villi was prominent at high-dose. in the large intestine, disintegration in epithelial cells and scattered secretory granules of go ... | 2012 | 22392006 |
| mitochondrial dna reveals the genealogical history of the snake-eyed lizards (ophisops elegans and o. occidentalis) (sauria: lacertidae). | the snake-eyed lizards of the genus ophisops (lacertidae) have been through a series of taxonomical revisions, but still their phylogenetic relationships remain uncertain. in the present study we estimate the phylogeographic structure of o. elegans across its distributional range and we evaluate the relationships between o. elegans and the sympatric, in north africa, species o. occidentalis, using partial mtdna sequences (16s rrna, coi, and cyt b). all phylogenetic analyses produced topologicall ... | 2008 | 18804543 |
| effects of constant lightness, darkness and parachlorophenylalanine treatment on tail regeneration in the lizard ophisops elegans macrodactylus: macroscopic, biochemical and histological changes. | a better understanding of regenerative growth is very important for the development of new potential strategies. recently, the pineal secretory product melatonin was shown to stimulate the regeneration process. in this study, we carried out an experimental investigation of tail regeneration in young adult lizards, ophisops elegans macrodactylus berthold, 1842, addressing the role of melatonin on the regeneration process. lizards were divided into three groups: constant light-exposed control grou ... | 2006 | 16677209 |
| studies on gastrointestinal helminth of three lacertid lizard species, podarcis muralis, podarcis siculus and ophisops elegans (sauria: lacertidae) from bursa, north-western turkey. | a total of 80 specimens of three species of lacertid podarcis muralis (39), podarcis siculus (18) and ophisops elegans (23) from bursa were examined for helminths. one species of digenea, plagiorchis elegans, 1 species of cestoda, mesocestoides sp. (tetrathyridium); and 3 species of nematoda, skrjabinodon medinae, spauligodon saxicolae and skrjabinelazia hoffmanni were found. the helminths reported in this study are generalist helminths that infect a number of lizards. | 2019 | 31708671 |