Tail clipping effects on survival of <i>Salamandra infraimmaculata</i> larvae.

<p>Mean (±SE) larval survival per tub 10, 30, 50, and 60 days from the start of the experiment.</p

Tail regeneration rate per day of <i>Salamandra infraimmaculata</i> larvae versus larval age (day) at the time of tail clipping (N = 16).

<p>A polynomial 2^nd degree curve explained 48.3% of the variation in the data (F_{2, 13} = 6.07, p = 0.014).</p

Tail clipping effects on larval <i>Salamandra infraimmaculata</i> mean (±SE) mass, snout-tail length, snout-vent length, and time to metamorphosis (Truncated tail [white histogram bars]: N = 20; Intact tail [gray histogram bars]: N = 18).

<p>Tail clipping effects on larval <i>Salamandra infraimmaculata</i> mean (±SE) mass, snout-tail length, snout-vent length, and time to metamorphosis (Truncated tail [white histogram bars]: N = 20; Intact tail [gray histogram bars]: N = 18).</p

Lateral view of atail of <i>S</i>. <i>infraimmaculata</i> larva before clipping (a), and following a 37 day interval during which 29.4% of the tail area had regenerated (b).

<p>The shaded grey area (Fig 1b) denotes the relative clipped area taking into consideration the increase in total tail area. The position of the vertical incision, denoted by a dashed red line, was determined in Fig 1a relative to the position of the tail spots; a sample of three is enclosed in red circles.</p

WB_DP_map

map file associated with the ped fil

WB_DP_ped

ped file with WB and DP individual