Conference Paper
The cave salamander Proteus anguinus in captivity in Moulis, France for the scientific research
Guillaume, O.
Record Number:
5916
Year:
2022
Journal:
ARPHA Conference Abstracts
Volume:
5: e89484
Notes:
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY
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credited
Abstract:
Proteus anguinus fascinated the most famous savants like Lamarck, Cuvier and Darwin.
However, the knowledge about this species was improved little because very few
specimens were available, even less alive. To face this situation, The French National
Center for Scientific Research built in 1948 the cave-laboratory at Moulis and started to
breed in P. anguinus. The first hatchings date from 1959 (Vandel and Bouillon 1959,
Juberthie et al. 1991). Since then, more than 160 egg-layings producing more than 4,600
eggs has occurred. The availability of a certain number of specimens and the continuity of
this breeding for more than 60 years have made possible to better understand the biology
of this species, for instance, the development (sexual maturity reached at 15 years old,
lifespan estimated from 68 to 100 years old, see Voituron et al. 2010). The aim of this
presentation is to make a review of the latest and prospective research conducted with
partners on captive P. anguinus in Moulis.
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