Normal Blood Values in some Plethodontid Salamanders
Reynolds AE and Pickard BL. 1973. Normal Blood Values in some Plethodontid Salamanders. Herpetologica. 29(2):184-188
Four blood parameters were studied in southern Appalachian specimens of Desmognathus monticola, D. quadramaculatus, D. ochrophaeus carolinensis, Gyrinophilus porphyriticus, Plethodon glutinosus, P. jordani (including jordani, melaventris, rabunensis, and shermani populations), Pseudotriton m. montanus, and P. ruber schencki. Quantitative data are presented on range, mean, and standard deviation. Hematocrits (volume % cells) averaged between 21.9 and 25.7. Hemoglobin concentrations varied in mean value from 5.78 to 7.65 g/100 ml blood. Mean erythrocyte numbers ranged from 81,300 to 152,000, and mean numbers of leukocytes varied from 2,373 to 4,666 mm^3 of blood. In all of these blood parameters, all populations were characterized by considerable intrapopulation variation.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Reynolds, Albert; Pickard, Barbara
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Great Smoky Mountains National Park NC TN, GRSM-01668, Salamanders (Caudata), Serology