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Science 10 December 1971:
Vol. 174. no. 4014, pp. 1144 - 1146
DOI: 10.1126/science.174.4014.1144
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Leech-Repellent Property of Eastern Red-Spotted Newts, Notophthalmus viridescens

F. Harvey Pough 1

1 Section of Ecology and Systematics, Division of Biological Sciences, Langmuir Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850

Eastern red-spotted newts (Notophthalmus viridescens, Salamandridae) are rarely attacked by leeches. This protection is not shared by related salamandrids or by Ambystoma (Ambystomatidae). Tetrodotoxin is not the repelent. The immunity of Notophthalmus to leech parasitism is probably most significant in its aquatic stages, although the terrestrial efts are also protected.

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