Transcript AMPHIBIAN & REPTILE MANAGEMENT

AMPHIBIAN & REPTILE
MANAGEMENT
General Considerations
Habitat
Food
Regulation
Vivarium
soil or peat
water – think fish
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dechlorinate
filter
temperature
shelter
FOOD
infusoria – babies
earthworms
blood worms
Drosophila
crickets
mice
CITES
Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and
Flora
http://www.cites.org/
~5000 animal species
~28,000 plant species
AMPHIBIANS
smooth, moist, glandular skin
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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
AMPHIBIANS
frogs
toads
newts
salamanders
caecilians
FROGS
spend most or all of life in water
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green frog
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Rana clamitans
FROGS
green tree frog – Hyla cineria
TOADS
develop in water
spend later life on land
American toad – Bufo americanus americanus
NEWTS
spend life in water or marshy areas
red spotted newt – Eastern newt
Notophthalmus viridescens – easy to keep
SALAMANDERS
about 320 species
2 to 70 inches in length
fire salamander – easy to keep
axolotl - albino
axolotl - gold
tiger salamander
“terrestrial”
easy to keep
caecilians
tropical
live underground
1 inch to 1.5 meters