CNAH RESEARCH REQUEST Number 163
The Center for North American Herpetology
Lawrence, Kansas
http://www.cnah.org
5 March 2009
AMBYSTOMA ADVICE ASKED
I am a graduate student in Dr. Rick Relyea's lab at the University of Pittsburgh. I will be
raising a large number of larval salamanders of the genus Ambystoma this summer, and I
wondered if anyone could offer advice on successfully raising them up to metamorphosis.
In particular, I am concerned about what size containers to use to house salamanders
individually and also what sort of feeding regimens have proven successful. Species
specific or general Ambystomatid advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Heather Shaffery
University of Pittsburgh
Department of Biology
101 Clapp Hall
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
602.399.1422 (cell)
412.624.4458 (office)
hms25@pitt.edu
The Center for North American Herpetology
Lawrence, Kansas
http://www.cnah.org
5 March 2009
AMBYSTOMA ADVICE ASKED
I am a graduate student in Dr. Rick Relyea's lab at the University of Pittsburgh. I will be
raising a large number of larval salamanders of the genus Ambystoma this summer, and I
wondered if anyone could offer advice on successfully raising them up to metamorphosis.
In particular, I am concerned about what size containers to use to house salamanders
individually and also what sort of feeding regimens have proven successful. Species
specific or general Ambystomatid advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Heather Shaffery
University of Pittsburgh
Department of Biology
101 Clapp Hall
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
602.399.1422 (cell)
412.624.4458 (office)
hms25@pitt.edu
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