Reintroduction and Post-Release Survival of a Living Fossil: The Chinese Giant Salamander
Fig 4
Comparison of body mass and total body length between reintroduced salamanders and their conspecifics in captivity.
(A) Body mass comparison. (B) Total body length comparison. The 16 salamanders reintroduced to the Donghe River were from a group of salamanders whose growth was monitored since 2012. They were compared with salamanders that remained in captivity during the entire study period (November 2012–June 2014). Plotted values are means ± 1 SE; ** indicates different values between the two groups at that particular time interval (P < 0.01); numbers in parentheses indicate sample size.