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The Development of Ophthalmic Apparatus of Malpolon Monsspesullanus (Squamata-Serpentes) in Postovopositional Stages

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Author Affiliations

  • 1Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, EGYPT

Int. Res. J. Biological Sci., Volume 4, Issue (11), Pages 43-54, November,10 (2014)

Abstract

The present investigation aimed to give a special attention on an ophthalmic apparatus development of a species of mildly venomous rear-fanded Colubrids snake; the Montpellier snake. The development of the eye was studied in different developmental stages; 1cm; 1.2cm, 1.5cm, 1.9cm, 4cm, 5.0cm, 5.5cm, 6.5cm, 7cm and 8cm total body length. The eye starts its growth as a bilateral evagination from the floor of the diencephalon. Latter, this evagination will form the different components of the eye (retina, iris, ciliary proceses, conus papillaris, lens, cornea, choroid, and sclera). Moreover, the innervations of ophthalmic apparatus appear in the early stage of development as an optic stalk and the latter develops until reach the fully formed optic nerve.

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