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PIT tagging technique for Ambystomatid salamanders (Amphibia)

Subcategory: safety validation
Standard reference: Whiteman et al. 2016
Papers: 3 | Mentions: 4

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Description

Controlled laboratory experiment comparing survival, growth, and tag retention between PIT-tagged and control salamanders over 90 days to validate tag safety for small amphibians.

Typical Equipment

  • plastic housing boxes
  • EcoEarth substrate
  • MK25 implanter
  • PIT tags
  • benzocaine
  • Baytril antibiotic

Output Measurements

  • survival rate
  • mass change
  • tag retention
  • behavioral observations

Papers Using This Protocol (4)

article

Efficacy and Uses of PIT Tag Telemetry in Salamanders From the Western USA: ,<i> Aneides vagrans </i>, <i> Ensatina eschscholtzii </i>, and <i> Ambystoma mavortium </i>

2022Herpetological Conservation and Biologyintroducing
article

Efficacy and Uses of PIT Tag Telemetry in Salamanders From the Western USA: ,<i> Aneides vagrans </i>, <i> Ensatina eschscholtzii </i>, and <i> Ambystoma mavortium </i>

2022Herpetological Conservation and Biologyusing
student_paper

Temporal Variation of Thermal Microhabitat Use of Tiger Salamanders

2020using
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A PIT tagging technique for Ambystomatid salamanders

2016Herpetological Reviewintroducing