Animal Husbandry and Feed Science ›› 2013, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (6): 17-17.doi: 10.12160/j.issn.1672-5190.2013.06.008

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Study on the External Morphological Differences of Tylototriton shanjing in Mojiang and Tengchong

HU Ming-you, WU Qi-ting, LI Qian, LI Hong-mei (Yuxi Normal University,Yuxi 653100,China)   

  • Online:2013-06-20 Published:2013-06-20

Abstract: The shape structure of adult Tylototriton shanjing collected from Mojiang and Tengchong were compared under laboratory feeding conditions from May of 2011 to March of 2013 . The results showed that Tengchong individuals had blacker color, Mojiang individuals had saffron yellow skin. The average body length of Tengchong individuals and Mojiang individuals were 151.80 mm and 134.32 mm respectively. The ratio of tail length to body length of Tengchong individuals and Mojiang individuals were 0.489 and 0.479 respectively. There were irregular black knobby on the back and body side of Tengchong individuals and Mojiang individuals. The knobby size and shape on the both sides of back in Tengchong individuals were the same, while the knobby of Mojiang individuals had irregular shape and different size. And the knobby of Mojiang individuals was more intensive and remarkable than Tengchong individuals. As for the secondary sexual characteristics, the average cloaca length of male Tengchong individuals was 8.2 mm and that of male Mojiang individuals was 7.7 mm.

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