Coastal Proteus [1] ( lat. Necturus beyeri ) is a species of caudate amphibian from the Proteus family. A specific Latin name is given in honor of the American naturalist George Bayer (1861-1926) [2] .
| Coastal Proteus |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
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| International scientific name |
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Necturus beyeri Viosca , 1937 |
| Synonyms |
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Necturus punctatus (Brode, 1970) |
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Least ConcernedIUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 59431 |
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Endemic to the United States . There are two populations : the first is from east Texas to central Louisiana , the second is from southeast Louisiana to central Mississippi [3] .
The total length is 16-22 cm. Sexual dimorphism is observed: the female is larger than the male. The head is wide, flattened, the muzzle is rounded. Gills persist in mature individuals . The body is slim, stocky, limbs short with 4 fingers. The tail is oar-like. The color of the back, sides, and abdomen is brown with light brown or black dots [4] .
It lives in rocky, sandy and other slowly flowing water bodies. It occurs, as a rule, along the banks of rivers or lakes, where burrows burrow. Leads an aquatic lifestyle, feeds on aquatic invertebrates . With a lack of food, it hibernates in its hole [5] .
The breeding season lasts from late autumn to early winter. Egg laying occurs in April-May. In clutch from 4 to 40 eggs. Larvae appear after 2 months [6] .
- ↑ Ananyeva N. B. , Borkin L. Ya. , Darevsky I.S. , Orlov N.L. The five-language dictionary of animal names. Amphibians and reptiles. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. Yaz., 1988 .-- P. 31 .-- 10,500 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00232-X .
- ↑ Ellin Beltz, “Scientific and Common Names of the Reptiles and Amphibians of North America - Explained”
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. Necturus beyeri (neopr.) . Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 . American Museum of Natural History (2017).
- ↑ Gulf Coast Waterdog (English) information on the Encyclopedia of Life website (EOL).
- ↑ Necturus beyeri (Gulf Coast Waterdog ) . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species .
- ↑ Amphibia Web. Necturus beyeri (neopr.) . Provides information on amphibian declines, natural history, conservation, and taxonomy (2017).
- Crother, Brian I., Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, et al. / Moriarty, John J., ed. (2008) Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico , With Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Sixth Ed., Herpetological Circular No. 37
