Larval Spadefoot Survival

作者：Jeffrey Howard Black · 发表于：Journal of Herpetology · 年份：1974 · DOI：10.2307/1562908 · 被引用次数：8 · 研究领域：Amphibian and Reptile Biology、Animal Behavior and Reproduction、Turtle Biology and Conservation

The hardiness of Scaphiopus larvae is well known, but it has not been reported that some can survive completely out of water on wet mud. A single larva of Scaphiopus bombifrons was observed in Pool 12, Tillman Co., Oklahoma, to survive almost 20 hrs completely out of water. Other larvae were observed to orient in a supine position with their mouths upward. A dry mud cover formed over them as the pool dried; the dry mud cover appeared to serve as a seal to additional moisture escaping and provided that additional time for the larvae to metamorphose.