Morphological Deformities in Anuran Amphibians from the Khoper River Valley in the “Privolzhskaya Lesostep’” Nature Reserve and Adjacent Territories

A O Svinin; I V Bashinskiy; L А Neymark; E A Katsman; V V Osipov

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Morphological Deformities in Anuran Amphibians from the Khoper River Valley in the “Privolzhskaya Lesostep’” Nature Reserve and Adjacent Territories

Authors:

A O Svinin | I V Bashinskiy | L А Neymark | E A Katsman | V V Osipov

Publisher:

KnE Social Sciences

Journal:

KnE Life Sciences Vol.4 Issue 3, pp.150-155

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

3/2018

Document Language:

English

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2001525654

pISSN:

2413-0877

Abstract:

 In summer 2016, we investigated Ostrovtsovskaya Lesostep’ (Penza region, Russia) and caught more than 130 specimens belonging to 4 species of anuran amphibians. We found a symmetric case of “hyperxanthism” of the eyes (a new type of anomaly among amphibians) in one Rana arvalis specimen, one asymmetric amely in Bombina bombina, and 21 specimens of Pelophylax ridibundus (19% of total sample) with deformed fore and hind limbs. We define some anomalies as “Rostand’s anomaly P” (in its extreme manifestations). The potential reasons of the morphological anomalies were discussed.

Article Details

Morphological Deformities in Anuran Amphibians from the Khoper River Valley in the “Privolzhskaya Lesostep’” Nature Reserve and Adjacent Territories

Authors: A O Svinin | I V Bashinskiy | L А Neymark | E A Katsman | V V Osipov

Publisher: KnE Social Sciences

Journal: KnE Life Sciences Vol.4 Issue 3, pp.150-155

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 3/2018

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2001525654

pISSN: 2413-0877

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Authors:

A O Svinin | I V Bashinskiy | L А Neymark | E A Katsman | V V Osipov

Publisher:

KnE Social Sciences

Journal:

KnE Life Sciences Vol.4 Issue 3, pp.150-155

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

3/2018

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001525654

pISSN:

2413-0877