Fire salamander (<em>Salamandra salamandra</em>) in Larzac plateau: low occurrence, pond-breeding and cohabitation of larvae with paedomorphic palmate newts (<em>Lissotriton helveticus</em>)

Alternative reproductive strategies are widespread in caudate amphibians. Among them, fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra) usually rely on streams to give birth to aquatic larvae but also use ponds, whereas palmate newt larvae (Lissotriton helveticus) typically metamorphose into terrestrial juv...

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Main Authors: Mathieu Denoël, Laurane Winandy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2014-06-01
Series:Acta Herpetologica
Online Access:https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ah/article/view/1704