The Role of Visual and Olfactory Cues in the Prey Catching Behavior of the Tiger Salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum

Copeia ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 1982 (1) ◽  
pp. 81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah B. Lindquist ◽  
Marilyn D. Bachmann
Keyword(s):  
Olfactory Cues ◽  
Ambystoma Tigrinum ◽  
Tiger Salamander

scholarly journals Tiger Salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum) Increase Foot Contact Surface Area on Challenging Substrates During Terrestrial Locomotion

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine M Vega ◽  
Miriam A Ashley-Ross
Keyword(s):  
Surface Area ◽  
Natural Variation ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Ambystoma Tigrinum ◽  
Tiger Salamander ◽  
Heterogeneous Environments ◽  
Locomotor Performance ◽  
Terrestrial Locomotion ◽  
Tiger Salamanders

Synopsis Animals live in heterogeneous environments must navigate in order to forage or capture food, defend territories, and locate mates. These heterogeneous environments have a variety of substrates that differ in their roughness, texture, and other properties, all of which may alter locomotor performance. Despite such natural variation in substrate, many studies on locomotion use noncompliant surfaces that either are unrepresentative of the range of substrates experienced by species or underestimate maximal locomotor capabilities. The goal of this study was to determine the role of forefeet and hindfeet on substrates with different properties during walking in a generalized sprawling tetrapod, the tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum). Adult salamanders (n = 4, SVL = 11.2–14.6 cm) walked across level dry sand (DS), semi-soft plaster of Paris (PoP), wet sand (WS), and a hard, noncompliant surface (table)—substrates that vary in compliance. Trials were filmed in dorsal and anterior views. Videos were analyzed to determine the number of digits and surface area of each foot in contact with the substrate. The surface area of the forelimbs contacting the substrate was significantly greater on DS and PoP than on WS and the table. The surface area of the hindlimbs contacting the substrate was significantly greater on DS than on all other substrates. There were no significant differences in the time that the fore- or hindfeet were in contact with the substrate as determined by the number of digits. We conclude that salamanders modulate the use of their feet depending on the substrate, particularly on DS which is known to increase the mechanical work and energy expended during locomotion owing to the fluid nature of its loose particles. More studies are needed to test a wider range of substrates and to incorporate behavioral data from field studies to get a better understanding of how salamanders are affected by different substrates in their natural environment.

Role of olfactory cues in acquisition and extinction of avoidance.

1974 ◽  
Vol 103 (3) ◽  
pp. 461-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. K. Dua ◽  
M. J. Dobson
Keyword(s):  
Olfactory Cues

scholarly journals The role of visual and olfactory cues in social decisions of guppies and zebrafish

2021 ◽  
Vol 180 ◽  
pp. 209-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Santacà ◽  
Marco Dadda ◽  
Angelo Bisazza
Keyword(s):  
Olfactory Cues ◽  
Social Decisions

scholarly journals Short-term storage of tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) spermatozoa: The effect of collection type, temperature and time

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. e0245047
Author(s):  
Amanda B. Gillis ◽  
Emmet L. Guy ◽  
Andrew J. Kouba ◽  
Peter J. Allen ◽  
Ruth M. Marcec-Greaves ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sperm Motility ◽  
Hormone Treatment ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Initial Assessment ◽  
Ambystoma Tigrinum ◽  
Tiger Salamander ◽  
Storage Duration ◽  
Spermatozoa Motility ◽  
Over Time

The aims of this project were to characterize tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) spermatozoa motility over time, when excreted as either milt or spermic urine prior to packaging into a spermatophore, and to determine the effect of temperature on sperm motility. A split-plot design was utilized to assess the motility of the two pre-spermatophore sample types at two temperatures, 0°C and 20°C (n = 10 for each treatment). Spermiation was induced through exogenous hormone treatment of luteinizing hormone releasing hormone analog in order to collect both milt and spermic urine, which were evaluated for motility, divided into two separate aliquots, and subsequently stored in either an ice-bath (0°C) or on the benchtop (20°C). The decay rate of sperm motility was assessed by reevaluating subsamples at 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, and 24 hours following the initial assessment. Results showed that sperm stored at 0°C had significantly higher progressive, non-progressive, and total motility for both sperm collection types over time. An interaction was found between collection type and time, with milt exhibiting lower initial motility that was more sustainable over time, compared to spermic urine. For both milt and spermic urine, motility decreased rapidly with storage duration, indicating samples should be used as soon as possible to maximize motility for in-vitro fertilization and cryopreservation. This is the first study to describe the differences in sperm motility between milt and spermic urine from an internally fertilizing caudate and demonstrates the benefits of near freezing temperatures on sperm longevity.

Kinematic and Electromyographic Analysis of the functional role of the body axis during Terrestrial and Aquatic Locomotion in the Salamander Ambystoma Tigrinum

1992 ◽  
Vol 162 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
LARRY M. FROLICH ◽  
ANDREW A. BIEWENER
Keyword(s):  
Muscle Activity ◽  
Functional Role ◽  
The Body ◽  
Ambystoma Tigrinum ◽  
Terrestrial Locomotion ◽  
Aquatic Locomotion ◽  
Wave Patterns ◽  
Axial Morphology ◽  
Electromyographic Analysis

Aquatic neotenic and terrestrial metamorphosed salamanders {Ambystoma tigrinum) were videotaped simultaneously with electromyographic (EMG) recording from five epaxial myotomes along the animal's trunk during swimming in a flow tank and trotting on a treadmill to investigate axial function during aquatic and terrestrial locomotion. Neotenic and metamorphosed individuals swim using very similar axial wave patterns, despite significant differences in axial morphology. During swimming, both forms exhibit traveling waves of axial flexion and muscle activity, with an increasing EMG-mechanical delay as these waves travel down the trunk. In contrast to swimming, during trotting metamorphosed individuals exhibit a standing wave of axial flexion produced by synchronous activation of ipsilateral epaxial myotomes along the trunk. Thus, metamorphosed individuals employ two distinct axial motor programs -- one used during swimming and one used during trotting. The transition from a traveling axial wave during swimming to a standing axial wave during trotting in A. tigrinum may be an appropriate analogy for similar transitions in axial locomotor function during theoriginal evolution of terrestriality in early tetrapods.

Retinal Projections in the Tiger Salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum; pp. 401–424

1972 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 401-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline S. Jakway ◽  
W. Riss
Keyword(s):  
Ambystoma Tigrinum ◽  
Tiger Salamander ◽  
Retinal Projections

Microsatellite mutation rates in the eastern tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum) differ 10-fold across loci

Genetica ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 136 (3) ◽  
pp. 501-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zafer Bulut ◽  
Cory R. McCormick ◽  
David Gopurenko ◽  
Rod N. Williams ◽  
David H. Bos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mutation Rates ◽  
Ambystoma Tigrinum ◽  
Tiger Salamander ◽  
Microsatellite Mutation ◽  
Ambystoma Tigrinum Tigrinum

Role of olfactory cues in the radial maze performance of rats

1981 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 405-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Bures̆ová ◽  
J. Bures̆
Keyword(s):  
Radial Maze ◽  
Olfactory Cues ◽  
Maze Performance ◽  
Radial Maze Performance
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