личиночное развитие

Among many abiotic environmental factors affecting amphibian larval development, temperature regime is one of the most important. Larvae of the genera Bufo, Bufotes and Epidalea were used in our experiments. Five temperature regimes (20, 23, 26, 29, and 32°C) were used in rearing juveniles. With increasing water temperature, the duration of larval development decreased statistically significantly in all species studied (r = -0.89 – -0.36; p < 0.05).

Lantz’s newt, or the Caucasian smooth newt, Lissotriton lantzi, is an endemic species of Caucasian forests. It was included in the Red Data Books of the Russian Federation and Republic of Azerbaijan. The design of a technology for keeping and reproducing this species in captivity will help its conservation. The paper discusses the results of larval growing of Lantz's newt at several temperatures. Newts were obtained from reproduction in artificial conditions.