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Double tailed newt
Posted:
Thu Mar 02, 2017 2:42 pm
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Alexandre Roux
Hi everybody,
Someone from my office sent me this picture of a double-tailed female Palmate newt found in France near Lyon.
Have you ever seen that? What do you think about the cause?
Thanks in advance
Re: Double tailed newt
Posted:
Thu Mar 02, 2017 3:26 pm
by
Mario Schweiger
amphibians can replace lost part of their bodies quite easy.
Some examles:
http://www.californiaherps.com/behavior/salamanderlifehistorydefense.html
scroll down to the end....
http://www.newiaudubon.org/salamander.htm
it looks like this is much less common than in Lacertidae, because of no tail autotomy in most salamanders and newts, only some exceptions, like Batrachoseps altasierrae in the first example
Re: Double tailed newt
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Thu Mar 02, 2017 3:46 pm
by
Alexandre Roux
That was indeed, hypothesis number 1. Thanks for sharing these links