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Aestivation (Latin: aestas (summer); also spelled estivation in American English) is a state of animal dormancy, similar to hibernation, although taking place in the summer rather than the winter. Aestivation is characterized by inactivity and a lowered metabolic rate, that is entered in response to high temperatures and arid conditions. [ 1 ]
This is a list of amphibians found in Mexico. A total of 366 amphibian species have been recorded in Mexico, 3 of which are extinct.
Amphibians such as salamanders and frogs in a local area usually use the same overwintering area and the same breeding area, returning generation after generation to the area in which they were spawned. [2] [3] [4] The breeding locations are areas where vernal pools develop from snowmelt and spring rains. [3]
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A Checklist of North American Amphibians and Reptiles: The United States and Canada. Vol. 1 - Amphibians. Xlibris Corporation LLC. ISBN 978-1-4931-7035-7. [self-published source] Cope, Edward D. (1875). Check-list of North American Batrachia and Reptilia; with a systematic list of the higher groups, and an essay on geographical distribution.
Snakes across North Carolina hibernate individually in holes in the ground, Hall said. Very few species can make their own holes, so they often find stump holes and rodent burrows to spend much of ...
New Mexico: New Mexico spadefoot toad: Spea multiplicata: 2003 [15] New York: Wood frog: Lithobates sylvaticus: Proposed in 2015 [16] North Carolina: Pine barrens tree frog (state frog) Hyla andersonii: 2013 [17] Marbled salamander (state salamander) Ambystoma opacum: 2013 [18] Ohio: Spotted salamander (state amphibian) Ambystoma maculatum ...
The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 743 pp., 657 color plates. ISBN 0-394-50824-6. (Farancia abacura, pp. 609–610 + Plate 492). Conant R (1975). A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Second Edition.