AMPHIBIAN

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AMPHIBIAN REPTILEMANAGEMENT
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General Considerations

• Habitat
• Food
• Regulation

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Vivarium

• soil or peat
• water think fish
• dechlorinate
• filter
• temperature
• shelter

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FOOD

• infusoria babies
• earthworms
• blood worms
• Drosophila
• crickets
• mice

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CITES

• Convention on International Trade in Endangered
  Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
• http//www.cites.org/
• 5000 animal species
• 28,000 plant species

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AMPHIBIANS

• smooth, moist, glandular skin
• most species absorb water through skin
• some species breath through skin
• must spend part of life in water
• world 4780 species
• U. S. 230 species

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AMPHIBIANS

• frogs
• toads
• newts
• salamanders
• caecilians

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FROGS

• spend most or all of life in water
• green frog
• Rana clamitans

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FROGS

• green tree frog Hyla cineria

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TOADS

• develop in water
• spend later life on land

American toad Bufo americanus americanus
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NEWTS

• spend life in water or marshy areas

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red spotted newt Eastern newt Notophthalmus
viridescens easy to keep
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SALAMANDERS

• about 320 species
• 2 to 70 inches in length

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fire salamander easy to keep
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axolotl - albino
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axolotl - gold
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tiger salamander terrestrial easy to keep
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caecilians
tropical live underground 1 inch to 1.5 meters