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1 March 2007 FECUNDITY OF SAN MARCOS SALAMANDERS IN CAPTIVITY
Paige A. Najvar, Joe N. Fries, John T. Baccus
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Abstract

We placed 24 pairs of adult San Marcos salamanders in small flow-through aquaria with rocks and aquatic moss. Some aquaria had clear marbles within tubes through which water upwelled into each aquarium. Seven clutches (eggs per clutch: mean  =  34.7; range  =  2 to 73) were produced during a 9-month period. Overall hatching success was 29.6%. One breeding pair reproduced 3 times (eggs per clutch: mean  =  44; range  =  27 to 59) at an average of 64-day intervals during a 191-day period. Once mature, a single female potentially could produce 176 eggs per year in captivity.

Paige A. Najvar, Joe N. Fries, and John T. Baccus "FECUNDITY OF SAN MARCOS SALAMANDERS IN CAPTIVITY," The Southwestern Naturalist 52(1), 145-147, (1 March 2007). https://doi.org/10.1894/0038-4909(2007)52[145:FOSMSI]2.0.CO;2
Received: 1 August 2005; Accepted: 1 April 2006; Published: 1 March 2007
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