herpetopathology

[Michal Szkudlarek]

Hi
I thought it will be valuable to make a thread to present diseases of wild reptiles and amphibians and discuss about them. I start then.


B.b. bufo rescued from drainage manhole. One eye seems to be attacked by microbes. Date- 01.06.2011


Similar thing with female from my garden. Date- 13.04.2012


Tadpole of P. viridis from gravel pit. Unnatural thickness was probably caused by chemical pollutions. 09.07.2011


T. cristatus without part of fore limb. Likely it will regrow. 16.05.2011



B. bombina with damaged eye. Probably accident happened in larval stage. 08.10.2011

[Bobby Bok]

Here a midwife toad with a damaged eye, seemingly in good health.

[Daniel Kane]

Interesting topic!

Eye problems seem to be the most common - perhaps because the eye is the most vulnerable/delicate part of an animal. Over the last few years I have seen Anguis with missing eyes, Green Toads from Bulgaria and Cyprus with the same problems, and heavily scarred Testudo due to fire damage. I also once caught an Ocellated Skink which was missing a foot; there didn't appear to be any scar tissue so I thought it may have been a deformity from birth.

Cypriot Toad;

Testudo graeca

[Michal Szkudlarek]

What could it be caused by?

[Michal Szkudlarek]

Today one polish guy found in his garden pond L. vulgaris with five legs. All of them are mobile and the additional one has fingers developed. In my opinion it is caused by polluted environment.

[Liam Russell]

It might be due to a partial amputation of the limb and then regrowth from the wound.

[Jeroen Speybroeck]

It might be due to a partial amputation of the limb and then regrowth from the wound.

Has indeed been noted before for this and related species.

[Michal Szkudlarek]

Could You link it?

[Jeroen Speybroeck]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Salamanders-Eur ... 012303955X

EDIT
http://www.herpetologica.org/BAHE/BAHE20_014_HNat11.pdf

[Jeroen Speybroeck]

Not the same stuff, but also within the frame of this weird thread, is this little monster(s)

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http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/1/6/1 ... uckley.pdf