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6965292 
Journal Article 
ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SIBERIAN SALAMANDER (SALAMANDRELLA KEYSERLINGII, CAUDATA, HYNOBIIDAE) FROM THE COASTAL PART OF THE SEA OF OKHOTSK 
Berman, DI; Bulakhova, NA; , 
2015 
1 
Zoologicheskii Zhurnal
ISSN: 0044-5134 
MAIK NAUKA-INTERPERIODICA PUBL 
MOSCOW 
670-680 
WOS:000358557400006 
The integral influence of harsh climatic conditions on the main ecological characteristics (seasonal and daily activity, dynamics of the sex-age structure, fertility of females and its variation in different water pools etc.) of the Siberian salamander (Salamandrella keyserlingii Dybowski 1870) from populations of two types of water pools nearby Magadan was studied on the northeastern outskirts of the range. The majority of the studied characteristics appeared to be close to those from other populations, including the most southern ones. Regardless of the harsh climatic conditions and reduction of the activity period to 4-4.5 months (as against 6-6.5 months in the south of the habitat), the number of individuals in the population on the northern coastal part of the Sea of Okhotsk is uncommonly high, and spectrum of populating biotopes is wide. The extensive group of individuals (up to a quarter of all the number in the first half of the summer) reached the age of puberty, however, these were not often registered in other regions, that, probably, is connected with incomplete studies. In general, the population condition allows one to characterize the studied outskirt part of the range as located in one of the areas of the biocoenotic optimum. However, the size of the animals contradicts the stated above, since the high percentage of small adult specimens results in the smaller body length of pubescent salamanders nearby Magadan as compared to many other regions.