The effect of toe-clipping on survival in metamorphs of western Palearctic water frogs (Anura, Ranidae)
✍ Scribed by Leszek Berger
- Book ID
- 102510760
- Publisher
- Pensoft Publishers
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 353 KB
- Volume
- 77
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0232-5519
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✦ Synopsis
Amputation of one to eight toe was used to mark 1963 metamorphs of western Palearctic water frogs. The metaniorphs developed in outdoor rearing areas and their survival was checked after their first hibernation. Survival varied from 70 to 87% (mean 81.2) for particular classes of cut toes, but showed no correlation with the number of clipped toes. No infection or inflammation was observed in cut toes. Metamorphs were also classified by type of toe-clipping, ploidy of progenies, types of crosses, and origin of metamorphs. Furthermore, no correlation between survival and number of toes clipped in any of these subgroupings was found.