Visible implant fluorescent elastomer: A reliable marking alternative for snakes

Herpetological Review

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 301-303

  Hutchens, Stan J ^a   Deperno, Christopher S ^a   Matthews, Charlotte E ^a   Pollock, Kenneth H ^a   Woodward, David K ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERPENTES;

EID: 52249103944     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. BAILEY, L. L. 2004. Evaluating elastomer marking and photo identification methods for terrestrial salamanders: Marking effects and observer bias. Herpetol. Rev. 35:38-41.
2. BROWN, W. S., and W. S. PARKER. 1976. A ventral scale clipping system for permanently marking snakes (Reptilia, Serpentes). J. Herpetol. 10:247-249.
3. DAVIS, T. M., and K. OVASKA. 2001. Individual recognition of amphibians: Effects of toe clipping and fluorescent tagging on the salamander Plethodon vehiculum. J. Herpetol. 35:217-225.
4. GOLDSMITH, R. J., G. P. CLOSS, and H. STEEN. 2003. Evaluation of visible implant elastomer for individual marking of small perch and common bully. J. Fish Biol. 63:631-636.
5. KINKEAD, K. E., J. D. LANHAM, and R. R. MONTANUCCI. 2006. Comparison of anesthesia and marking techniques on stress and behavioral responses in two Desmognathus salamanders. J. Herpetol. 40:323-328.
6. LOSOS, J. B., T. W. SCHOENER, and D. A. SPILLER. 2004. Predator-induced behaviour shifts and natural selection in field-experimental lizard populations. Nature 432:505-508.
7. NAUWELAERTS, S., J. COECK, and P. AERTS. 2000. Visible implant elastomers as a method for marking adult anurans. Herpetol. Rev. 31:154-155.
8. NISHIKAWA, K. C., and P. M. SERVICE. 1988. A fluorescent marking technique for individual recognition of terrestrial salamanders. J. Herpetol. 22:351-353.
9. OTIS, D. L., K. P. BURNHAM, G. C. WHITE, and D. R. ANDERSON. 1978. Statistical inference from capture data on closed animal populations. Wildl. Monogr. 62:135 pp.
10. PENNEY, K. M., K. D. GIANOPULOS, E. D. MCCOY, and H. R. MUSHINSKY. 2001. The visible implant elastomer marking technique in use for small reptiles. Herpetol. Rev. 32:236-241.
11. PERRET, N., and P. JOLLY. 2002. Impacts of tattooing and PIT-tagging on survival and fecundity in the alpine newt (Triturus alpestris). Herpetologica 58:131-138.
12. SPELLERBERG, I. F. 1977. Marking live snakes for identification of individuals in population studies. J. App. Ecol. 14:137-138.
13. WALSH, M. G., and D. L. WINKLEMAN. 2004. Anchor and visible implant elastomer tag retention by hatchery rainbow trout stocked into an Ozark stream. N. Amer. J. Fish. Man. 24:1435-1439.
14. WINNE, C. T., J. D. WILLSON, K. M. ANDREWS, and R. N. REED. 2006. Efficacy of marking snakes with disposable medical cautery units. Herpetol. Rev. 37:52-54.
15. WOODS, C. M. C., and K. M. MARTIN-SMITH. 2004. Visible implant fluorescent elastomer tagging of the big-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis. Fish. Res. 66:363-371.