I just had a look at the schedule for presentations at next month's annual meeting of the Herpetological Society of Japan (Nov. 12-13 in Sendai), and I found some pertaining to C. pyrrhogaster.
The one I'm particularly interested in is an oral presentation by Terusuke Hayashi, which some of you know of-so-well as the author or co-author of some core studies on C. pyrrhogaster. It's titled
<font color="0000ff">On the Stability of and Changes in Ventral Patterns of Cynops pyrrhogaster Over the Long Term</font>
(my translation from Japanese -- for better or for worse!).
There will also be a oral presentation by Kyoto University's Koji Mochida with the intriguing title:
<font color="0000ff">Newts that Show their Bellies and Newts that Don't: Geographical Differentiation in Warning Colors and Defensive Behavior</font>
(again, my translation -- or mistranslation?
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Also, there will be a poster presentation by Kumi Matsui and some others on:
<font color="0000ff">Carotenoid Coloration in Newts</font>
...by which I assume they mean C. pyrrhogaster.
Mochida and Matsui are the same people who along with Masahisa Nakamura brought us this gem:
<font color="0000ff">Food Habit of the Juvenile of the Japanese Newt Cynops pyrrhogaster</font>
(Zoological Science Vol. 20, No. 7 -- 2003).
That report is, again, available in full here:
http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/zsj/20/7/855/_pdf
I'm told by a prospective participant that there will be at least three other findings (his!) concerning this species at the conference, but unfortunately I probably won't be able to make it this year...
(Message edited by tj on October 22, 2005)
The one I'm particularly interested in is an oral presentation by Terusuke Hayashi, which some of you know of-so-well as the author or co-author of some core studies on C. pyrrhogaster. It's titled
<font color="0000ff">On the Stability of and Changes in Ventral Patterns of Cynops pyrrhogaster Over the Long Term</font>
(my translation from Japanese -- for better or for worse!).
There will also be a oral presentation by Kyoto University's Koji Mochida with the intriguing title:
<font color="0000ff">Newts that Show their Bellies and Newts that Don't: Geographical Differentiation in Warning Colors and Defensive Behavior</font>
(again, my translation -- or mistranslation?
Also, there will be a poster presentation by Kumi Matsui and some others on:
<font color="0000ff">Carotenoid Coloration in Newts</font>
...by which I assume they mean C. pyrrhogaster.
Mochida and Matsui are the same people who along with Masahisa Nakamura brought us this gem:
<font color="0000ff">Food Habit of the Juvenile of the Japanese Newt Cynops pyrrhogaster</font>
(Zoological Science Vol. 20, No. 7 -- 2003).
That report is, again, available in full here:
http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/zsj/20/7/855/_pdf
I'm told by a prospective participant that there will be at least three other findings (his!) concerning this species at the conference, but unfortunately I probably won't be able to make it this year...
(Message edited by tj on October 22, 2005)