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ADAPTATION OF EYE OF THE EGYPTIAN AGAMA "<i>TRAPELUS MUTABILIS</i>" ACCORDING TO ITS ACTIVITY PATTERN

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Animal Behaviour and Adaptation

Abstract

The present study gives brief discussion about some structure of the eye of the Egyptian agama, Trapelus mutabilis, according to its diurnal activity. One of necessary components of the eye responsible for focusing the light on surface of the retina is the lens and cornea. The Egyptian agama possess spherical lens with a biconvex surface, consists of single layer of simple cuboidal epithelial cells anterior to the subcapsular cavity and capsulated by a thin cellular capsule. The cornea of the Egyptian agama is a transparent thin-walled curved structure that covers front of the eye. Histologically, cornea is formed of five layers: epithelium, bowman's layer, stroma, Descemet's membrane, and endothelium. The inner surface of eyeball is lining by retina, which contains some projections with small pits and a wide single fovea. Retinal layers represented by retinal pigmented layer, photoreceptor layer, cellular layers, and neural one. Photoreceptor layer of retina contains both single and double cones. The conus papillaris is a simple cone-shaped projection, heavily pigmented, and originating on top of the optic nerve that protrudes from retina into the vitreous chamber. The surface of conus papillaris has more projections with pits. Histologically, conus papillaris consists of blood vessels and many black pigment granules. The present study concluded that the lens and the transparent cornea with its curved appearance, and the cone photoreceptors only of the eye retina reflecting their adaptation to the diurnal activity pattern of the Egyptian agama.

DOI

10.21608/ejz.2023.186377.1091

Keywords

Conus papillaris, cornea, Egyptian agama, Lens, retina

Authors

First Name

Ali

Last Name

Gadel-Rab

MiddleName

G.

Affiliation

Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt

Email

aligamal200992@yahoo.com

City

minya

Orcid

-

First Name

Samia

Last Name

Gaber

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt

Email

samiagabr8@gmail.com

City

Aswan

Orcid

-

First Name

Amany

Last Name

Saad

MiddleName

S.

Affiliation

Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt

Email

momosaad1825@gmail.com

City

aswan

Orcid

-

First Name

Fatma

Last Name

Mahmoud

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Email

m_f11_7@yahoo.com

City

Assiut

Orcid

0000-0002-1608-3539

Volume

80

Article Issue

80

Related Issue

44599

Issue Date

2023-12-01

Receive Date

2023-01-09

Publish Date

2023-12-01

Page Start

68

Page End

80

Print ISSN

1110-6344

Online ISSN

2682-3160

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https://ejz.journals.ekb.eg/article_293139.html

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Original Research Papers

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684

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Zoology

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https://ejz.journals.ekb.eg/

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ADAPTATION OF EYE OF THE EGYPTIAN AGAMA "<i>TRAPELUS MUTABILIS</i>" ACCORDING TO ITS ACTIVITY PATTERN

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24 Dec 2024