Seasonal dynamics of male and female reproductive systems in the Siberian salamander, Salamandrella keyserlingii (Caudata, Hynobiidae)

• Main Authors: Yartsev, Vadim V., Kuranova, Valentina N.
• Other Authors: Томский государственный университет Институт биологии, экологии, почвоведения, сельского и лесного хозяйства (Биологический институт) Научные подразделения БИ
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: сезонная динамика; репродуктивные системы; саламандры; субарктическая тундра; Subarctic; Tundra; Тундра; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.140033; http://vital.lib.tsu.ru/vital/access/manager/Repository/vtls:000532262

It is not well known how low temperatures, like a subarctic steppe–tundra climate, influence reproductive traits of ectothermic vertebrates. To begin answering this question, we studied male and female reproductive systems of Salamandrella keyserlingii inhabiting a Tomsk population (southeast of Wes...