Growth and size of Triturus vulgaris and T. cristatus (Amphibia) in different parts of Norway

• Published in: Ecography
• Main Author: Dolmen, Dag
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1983
• Subjects: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Norway; Vefsn
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0587.1983.tb01231.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1600-0587.1983.tb01231.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1600-0587.1983.tb01231.x

The growth and size of the newts, Triturus vulgaris (L.) and T. cristatus (Laurenti) in different parts of Norway (+ Jämtland, Sweden) were studied. Age was estimated from skeletal growth marks, size‐frequency histograms and, for the males, from the number of testis lobes. On average, the T. vulgari...