The first results of captive breeding and reintroduction of the Karelin’s newt, Triturus karelinii Strauch, 1870 from Talysh population

Presents data on reproduction of the Karelin’s newt, Triturus karelinii from Talysh population in captivity. After hibernation the animals were kept in pairs (three pairs) when the water temperature of 5.5-28 °С. The duration of the spawning season amounted 38-102 days. Total fertility for the entire period of spawning ranged from 331 to 670 eggs, and the number eggs in one of the daily servings from different females reached law 39-89 eggs. In laboratory prelarvae appeared between 10-19 days after oviposition, and the total length of the duration of embryogenesis was 17-20 days. Duration of larval development from first larvae to landfall varied from 83 to 137 days. The first 60 young animals born in the laboratory released into ponds in the village of Sym in the III decade of September 2014.