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Monitoring of the Salamandra salamandra population in northen Rożnów Foothills Karolina A. Budzik¹, Krystian M. Budzik²

Jagiellonian University

Faculty of Biology and Earth Science

'Department of Comparative Anatomy

²Department of Plant Taxonomy, Phytogeography & Herbarium [e-mail]

The fire salamander Salamandra salamandra is one of 18 Polish batrachofauna species. It is listed in Bern Convention and in IUCN Red List as Least Concern. The majority of the native populations are present in the Carpathians and the Sudetes. Monitoring of the fire salamander is conducted in the northem part of the Rożnów Foothills, in the Pleśna and Lubinka villages sińce 2007. The amphibians live in forest communities at a height 240-360 m a.s.l. (association Tilio-Carpinetum and Dentario glandulosae-Fagetum), crossed by the streams Lubinka and Pleśnianka. In May 2011 larvae counting in the streams was carried out. The study was performed according to Zakrzewski’s method (2007), by dividing each stream on transects. Additionally, various measurements characterizing each stream (eg. depth and breadth of the stream) were madę (Manenti et al. 2009). In the stream Lubinka the number of larvae did not exceed 50, while in the stream Pleśnianka morę than 400 larvae were reported. Assuming that the female give birth 10-70 larvae, it may be speculated that in the transects of Lubinka larvae were derived from 1 to 5 females, whereas in Pleśnianka - from 6 to 40 females. Taking into account the total length of the streams, the populations seem to be numerous. These estimates are confirmed by infrequent observations of the adults in this area.

Manenti R., Ficetola G.F., De Bemardi F. 2009. Water, stream morphology and landscape: complex habitat determinants for the fire salamander Salamandra salamandra. Amphibia-Reptilia 30: 7-15.

Zakrzewski M. 2007. Salamandra plamista. Rozmieszczenie, biologia i zagrożenia. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii Pedagogicznej, Kraków.