Amphibian husbandry — species POTZ thermal gradient for self-regulation; caudatans cooler than anurans

Amphibian husbandry

The text below is reproduced verbatim from the first-hand source (Merck Veterinary Manual).

> Provision of a thermal gradient within a species POTZ allows most amphibians to self-regulate > caudatan species prefer temperatures substantially lower than anuran species

Source: pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_amphibian_husbandry.txt (first-hand professional veterinary reference, tag-stripped).

Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)

• Provision of a thermal gradient within a species POTZ allows most amphibians to self-regulate
• caudatan species prefer temperatures substantially lower than anuran species