SEASONAL TESTICULAR HISTOLOGY AND REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE OF THE RAINBOW LIZARD, Agama agama agama , L, (AGAMIDAE, REPTILIA) IN ILE-IFE, SOUTH WESTERN NIGERIA
| dc.contributor.author | EJERE, Vincent Chikwendu | |
| dc.contributor.author | ADEGOKE, Joseph Adeleke | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-05-13T17:49:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-05-13T17:49:36Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008-05 | |
| dc.description | Animal Research International ,NO .2,VOL .3,pg . 393 – 398 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Seasonal histological features of the t e stis an d e p i d idym is were stud ied in male A. aga m a agama r om Jul y l 990 t o June, 1 9 92 at Il e-If e, Ni g e ri a. Test s w e ig ht s show ed no si gni c ant di f e rence (P > 0. 05) i n t h e d r y and rai n y seasons, but w e re ge nerally low f r om August to January. Whereas seminiferous tubule diam eter and epithelia heights showed no se asonal variation (p > 0.05), t h e epidi d ymal t u bule diamet er and epith e lia height s varied seasonally (P < 0 001 ). Although males in full breedin g condition we re caught all through the months, such were more prevalent from April to July. Female s with egg s or enlarged ovarian fo llicles were caught all through the study period. Cases o f mul tiple clutch es were predo m inant fro m February to J u ly. Ho wever vitello gen c activitie s decreased fr o m August to January thus co inciding with the observed decre a se in sperm a togenic activity in th e male. We propose that indivi dual m a le Agama li zards mainta in pecu liar b r eedin g patterns and that re prod uction in A g ama seems t o be influenc ed by food a vailability as well as microclimatic conditions at oviposition sites | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | DOI: 10.4314/ari.v2i3.40876 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir.oauife.edu.ng/123456789/5497 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Animal Research International | en_US |
| dc.subject | Tropical lizards | en_US |
| dc.subject | Agamidae | en_US |
| dc.subject | Histology | en_US |
| dc.subject | Testes | en_US |
| dc.subject | Spermatogenesis | en_US |
| dc.subject | Reproduction | en_US |
| dc.title | SEASONAL TESTICULAR HISTOLOGY AND REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE OF THE RAINBOW LIZARD, Agama agama agama , L, (AGAMIDAE, REPTILIA) IN ILE-IFE, SOUTH WESTERN NIGERIA | en_US |
| dc.type | Journal | en_US |