NOTES ON BREEDING OF<i> Mertensiella</i><i> caucasica</i> (WAGA, 1876) (URODELA: SALAMANDRIDAE) FROM BLACK SEA COAST OF TURKEY

BÜLBÜL U., Koc H.

RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY, vol.29, no.6, pp.364-366, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 29 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2022
  • Doi Number: 10.30906/1026-2296-2022-29-6-364-366
  • Journal Name: RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, BIOSIS
  • Page Numbers: pp.364-366
  • Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The eggs and embryos of the Caucasian salamander were investigated in a breeding population (Kayaba thorn ATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH ACUTE, Trabzon). We found 24 eggs at the beginning of June 2018. About three weeks later, the shaped embryos were ob-served in the eggs. Finally, we performed the last visit to the study site one month later from the second visit. The hatching process was almost finished except for 1 egg that had an embryo inside and 2 - 3 eggs, no living embryos inside. We observed that the egg development period lasted about 50 days in the Kayaba thorn ATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH ACUTE population. The hatch-ing period of the Caucasian salamander may differ according to different ecological conditions.