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- Title
Photographic database of the European cave salamanders, genus Hydromantes.
- Authors
Lunghi, Enrico; Giachello, Simone; Zhao, Yahui; Corti, Claudia; Ficetola, Gentile Francesco; Manenti, Raoul
- Abstract
European Hydromantes are a group of eight salamander species often occurring in subterranean habitats, which are a difficult environment to explore. All Hydromantes are strictly protected species and thus, low-impact methodologies to study these salamanders are strongly needed. Here we used a photographic technique to produce a large dataset of European Hydromantes, providing standardised pictures of 1,052 individuals belonging to the eight species, including hybrids as well. With our methodology we were able to reduce the handling time of individuals, and produce high quality pictures useful to investigate multiple life traits of these endangered species. Furthermore, the standardised photos provided here can be used for future comparisons of individuals from the surveyed populations. Measurement(s) morphometric parameter • color • length • biological sex • age • color pattern • body size trait Technology Type(s) photography Factor Type(s) salamander species • site of data collection • geographic location • salamander populations Sample Characteristic - Organism Hydromantes strinatii • Hydromantes ambrosii • Hydromantes italicus • Hydromantes flavus • Hydromantes supramontis • Hydromantes imperialis • Hydromantes genei • Hydromantes sarrabusensis • Hydromantes Sample Characteristic - Environment forest ecosystem • cave • mine Sample Characteristic - Location Autonomous Region of Sardinia • Region of Liguria • Region of Tuscany • Ariege Machine-accessible metadata file describing the reported data: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12287222
- Subjects
WEB-toed salamanders; UNDERGROUND ecology; PHOTOGRAPHY techniques; MORPHOMETRICS; FOREST ecology
- Publication
Scientific Data, 2020, Vol 7, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2052-4463
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41597-020-0513-8