The pigmentary system of the skin from adult specimens of the black alpine salamander Salamandra atra atra was investigated by light microscope, electron microscope, and biochemical studies. Results were compared with those obtained in previous study of the subspecies Salamandra atra aurorae. Unlike Salamandra atra aurorae, which presents epidermal xanthophores and iridophores, Salamandra atra atra is completely melanized, presenting only epidermal and dermal melanophores. The melanosomes in both the epidermis and the dermis appear to derive from a multivesicular premelanosome similar to that in the goldfish, and the epidermal melanosomes are smaller than those in the dermis. Premelanosomes with an internal lamellar matrix were not observed. The biochemical results have shown that in the ethanol extracts obtained from the skin in toto and from the melanosomes, pteridines and flavins are always present and are the same as those extracted from the black skin areas of Salamandra atra aurorae.

Pigmentary system of the adult alpine Salamander Salamandra atra atra (Laur., 1768) / P., Trevisan; Pederzoli, Aurora; G., Barozzi. - In: PIGMENT CELL RESEARCH. - ISSN 0893-5785. - STAMPA. - 4:(1991), pp. 151-157.

Pigmentary system of the adult alpine Salamander Salamandra atra atra (Laur., 1768)

PEDERZOLI, Aurora;
1991

Abstract

The pigmentary system of the skin from adult specimens of the black alpine salamander Salamandra atra atra was investigated by light microscope, electron microscope, and biochemical studies. Results were compared with those obtained in previous study of the subspecies Salamandra atra aurorae. Unlike Salamandra atra aurorae, which presents epidermal xanthophores and iridophores, Salamandra atra atra is completely melanized, presenting only epidermal and dermal melanophores. The melanosomes in both the epidermis and the dermis appear to derive from a multivesicular premelanosome similar to that in the goldfish, and the epidermal melanosomes are smaller than those in the dermis. Premelanosomes with an internal lamellar matrix were not observed. The biochemical results have shown that in the ethanol extracts obtained from the skin in toto and from the melanosomes, pteridines and flavins are always present and are the same as those extracted from the black skin areas of Salamandra atra aurorae.
1991
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151
157
Pigmentary system of the adult alpine Salamander Salamandra atra atra (Laur., 1768) / P., Trevisan; Pederzoli, Aurora; G., Barozzi. - In: PIGMENT CELL RESEARCH. - ISSN 0893-5785. - STAMPA. - 4:(1991), pp. 151-157.
P., Trevisan; Pederzoli, Aurora; G., Barozzi
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