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Microspectrophotometric study of visual pigments in five species of geckos
Vision Research
|January 1, 1984
Abstract:
Photoreceptors and visual pigments were studied by light microscopy and microspectrophotometry in geckos Teratoscincus scincus, Gymnodactylus russovi, G. caspius, G. fedchenkovi and G. kotschui. Type A single, type B double and the thicker members of type C double cells were found to contain a green-sensitive visual pigment with the maximum absorption at 534-537 nm. Blue-absorbing pigment (lambda m = 446-460 nm) was only found in the thinner members of type C doubles.