{"id":5996,"date":"2010-04-22T21:33:49","date_gmt":"2010-04-23T02:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=5996"},"modified":"2010-04-22T21:54:42","modified_gmt":"2010-04-23T02:54:42","slug":"spotted-salamanders-from-eggs-to-larvae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=5996","title":{"rendered":"Spotted Salamanders: From Eggs to Larvae"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/sse-22-Apr-10-021-fix-840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6003\" title=\"sse 22 Apr 10 021 fix 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/sse-22-Apr-10-021-fix-480.jpg\" alt=\"sse 22 Apr 10 021 fix 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/sse-22-Apr-10-021-fix-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/sse-22-Apr-10-021-fix-480-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/sse-22-Apr-10-027-cropped-fix-480.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Spotted Salamander Larva in Protective Sac<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">Since torrential spring rains on March 20th and 21st, Turtle Journal has been observing and documenting the development of spotted salamander (<em>Ambystoma maculatum<\/em>) eggs within an abandoned cranberry bog in Marion on the SouthCoast of Massachusetts.\u00c2\u00a0 For earlier reports, see <a title=\"Permanent Link to Spotted Salamander Eggs Mature in Abandoned SouthCoast Cranberry Bog\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=5950\" target=\"_blank\">Spotted Salamander Eggs Mature in Abandoned SouthCoast Cranberry Bog<\/a>, <a title=\"Permanent Link to Portrait of a Spotted Salamander\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=5704\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait of a Spotted Salamander<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0and <a title=\"Permanent Link to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Slithering Salamanders, Turtleman!  Why Did the Spotted Salamander Cross the Road?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=5680\" target=\"_blank\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Slithering Salamanders, Turtleman! Why Did the Spotted Salamander Cross the Road?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0 Within the last few days, larvae have progressed quickly to nearly release state within their individual protective sacs.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/X_lM7i2TTPs&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/X_lM7i2TTPs&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Development of Spotted Salamander Eggs and Larvae<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">Combining original Turtle Journal footage with material from Yale University\u00c2\u00a0in 1920, the video clip above documents the development phases of spotted salamander eggs.\u00c2\u00a0 Still images below were taken within the last 24 hours and show the current state of salamander larvae development on the SouthCoast of Massachusetts as of April 22nd.\u00c2\u00a0 A few of the larvae were spotted free-swimming in vernal pools adjacent to an abandoned cranberry bog in Marion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/sse-22-Apr-10-001-840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6011\" title=\"sse 22 Apr 10 001 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/sse-22-Apr-10-001-480.jpg\" alt=\"sse 22 Apr 10 001 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/sse-22-Apr-10-001-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/sse-22-Apr-10-001-480-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\">\u00c2\u00a0<strong><em>Spotted Salamander Egg Mass in SouthCoast Vernal Pool<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/sse-22-Apr-10-002-cropped-840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6009\" title=\"sse 22 Apr 10 002 cropped 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/sse-22-Apr-10-002-cropped-480.jpg\" alt=\"sse 22 Apr 10 002 cropped 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/sse-22-Apr-10-002-cropped-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/sse-22-Apr-10-002-cropped-480-300x275.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\">\u00c2\u00a0<strong><em>Spotted Salamanders Develop in Individual Sacs<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/sse-22-Apr-10-020-840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6005\" title=\"sse 22 Apr 10 020 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/sse-22-Apr-10-020-480.jpg\" alt=\"sse 22 Apr 10 020 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/sse-22-Apr-10-020-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/sse-22-Apr-10-020-480-300x277.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Individual Sac\u00c2\u00a0Holds Developing Spotted Salamander<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/sse-22-Apr-10-031-840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6000\" title=\"sse 22 Apr 10 031 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/sse-22-Apr-10-031-480.jpg\" alt=\"sse 22 Apr 10 031 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/sse-22-Apr-10-031-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/sse-22-Apr-10-031-480-292x300.jpg 292w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Spotted Salamander Larva Develops Gills and Stabilizers<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spotted Salamander Larva in Protective Sac Since torrential spring rains on March 20th and 21st, Turtle Journal has been observing and documenting the development of spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) eggs within an abandoned cranberry bog in Marion on the SouthCoast of Massachusetts.\u00c2\u00a0 For earlier reports, see Spotted Salamander Eggs Mature in Abandoned SouthCoast Cranberry Bog, 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