TABLE 2.
The relative proportion in % (mean values ± SD) of each muscle fiber type in function of dorsal or ventral localization for both species. The total corresponds to 100% of muscular fibers present in ventral or dorsal part of the body. These percentages were calculated from four microscopic fields (390 × 103 μm2) taken at random in the dorsal and ventral part of the lizard body
| Species | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Eumeces schneideri | Scincus scincus | ||
| Dorsal | |||
| Fast | 60.34 ± 20.09 | Fast | 62.76 ± 23.77 |
| Intermediate | 24.67 ± 13.78 | Intermediate | 26.16 ± 16.85 |
| Slow | 14.99 ± 14.31 | Slow | 11.08 ± 12.03 |
| Ventral | |||
| Fast | 66.60 ± 28.51 | Fast | 58.35 ± 23.23 |
| Intermediate | 24.27 ± 26.93 | Intermediate | 30.20 ± 18.00 |
| Slow | 9.13 ± 12.15 | Slow | 11.45 ± 13.8 |