Maintaining plethodontid salamanders in the laboratory for regeneration studies.
Limb regeneration studies have been extensively carried out in species of Ambystomatidae and Salamandridae families. So far limited research has been conducted in species belonging to the Plethodontidae family, where some of the species differs from other salamander families due to their direct development, thus absence of a larval life. Here, we describe a protocol to maintain the plethodontid salamanders of genus Bolitoglossa species under laboratory conditions to perform regeneration studies.
Grupo Genética, Regeneración y Cáncer, Instituto de Biología, Universidad de Antioquia, Calle 67 NO. 53-108, Medellín, Colombia.
Claudia Marcela
CM
Arenas
Andrea
A
Gómez-Molina
Jean Paul
JP
Delgado
D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000379:methods*; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D008411:Chytridiomycota / Q000502:physiology; D004777:Environment; D006262:Health; D007753:Laboratories; D012038:Regeneration; D014562:Caudata / Q000382:microbiology / Q000502:physiology*