INVESTIGADORES
LEYNAUD Gerardo Cristhian
artículos
Título:
Phalotris punctatus: oviposition
Autor/es:
LEYNAUD GERARDO C.
Revista:
HERPETOLOGICAL REVIEW
Editorial:
Society of the studies of amphibians and reptiles
Referencias:
Lugar: Onatario (Canada); Año: 2003 vol. 34 p. 153 - 153
ISSN:
0018-084X
Resumen:
I report on a clutch from a specimen captured in a xeric forest of the Chaco región in Argentina. A gravitl femalele of P. punctat was collected al 0800 h on 1 Dccemhcr 1995 011 a road and subscqucntly kcpt in captivity. Six days latcr this laid two eggs (32.2 mm x 7.7 mm and 30.2 mm X 7.6 mm). The cggs wcrc incubalcd in the laboratory, but did not hatch.I dissected it to expose reproductive organs and determincd the abscnce of oviduct cggs or vitellogenic lolliclcs. The specimen was added to the snakc collcclion of Ihe Centro de Zoología. This is the first report on clutch in P. punctatus.
