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AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM (Spotted Salamander). REPRODUCTION.

Authors: Brad M Glorioso; Hardin J Waddle; J M Hefner
Contribution Number: 736

http://louisianaherps.com/glorioso2012herprev627.pdf

Abstract/Summary

This is a note on reproduction in Spotted Salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) describing clutch sizes and several instances of inadvertant passive integrated transponder tag loss by tagged females via oviposition.

Publication details
Published Date: 2012
Outlet/Publisher: Herpetological Review 43(4):627-628
Media Format: .PDF
A Spotted Salamander (<em>Ambystoma maculatum</em>) egg mass from Kisatchie National Forest, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, with a passive integrated transponder (PIT) tag laid with embryos in the outer jelly (top middle).<br />Photo by: Brad M. Glorioso

A Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) egg mass from Kisatchie National Forest, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, with a passive integrated transponder (PIT) tag laid with embryos in the outer jelly (top middle).
Photo by: Brad M. Glorioso

ARMI Organizational Units:
South Central - Biology
Topics:
Species and their Ecology
Place Names:
Kisatchie National Forest
Louisiana
Keywords:
amphibians
mark-recapture
PIT tag
reproduction
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