Jefferson salamanders are one of the first amphibians to emerge in springtime at the northern edge of their range in southern Ontario where they are seen " snowshoeing " across the still frozen understory of the forest to reach partially melted breeding ponds.
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The department's move last Friday to force the closure of 329 prawn breeding ponds by draining them and destroying the buildings on the site comes at a time when the Federal Government is actively encouraging individuals and companies to produce more food in order to reduce the country's dependence on imports.
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Most species of long-toed salamanders migrate up into nearby forests and do not spend any time near the breeding pond once they have metamorphosed and the pond is dry . " A . m . croceum " juveniles, though, often spend their first summer close to the breeding pond in a rodent burrow or rock fissure, only later migrating uphill into the forest.
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Most species of long-toed salamanders migrate up into nearby forests and do not spend any time near the breeding pond once they have metamorphosed and the pond is dry . " A . m . croceum " juveniles, though, often spend their first summer close to the breeding pond in a rodent burrow or rock fissure, only later migrating uphill into the forest.
