RESULTS OF THE AMPHIBIANS FAUNA INVENTORY IN THE FOREST EXPERIMENTAL STATION OF TIMIRYAZEV ACADEMY (MOSCOW) 

Stepankova Irina Vladimirovna, Postgraduate student, Russian State Agrarian University – Moscow Timiryazev Agrarian Academy (49, Timiryazevskaya street, Moscow, Russia), E-mail: stepankova@rgau-msha.ru
Kidov Artem Aleksandrovich, Candidate of biological sciences, associate professor, sub-department of zoology, Russian State Agrarian University – Moscow Timiryazev Agrarian Academy (49, Timiryazevskaya street, Moscow, Russia), E-mail: kidov_a@mail.ru 

59.009:597.6 

DOI

10.21685/2307-9150-2019-4-6 

Background. Moscow is the largest city in Russia and is exposed to the greatest anthropogenic impact. In this regard, amphibians in urban areas are an extremely vulnerable group and their populations need to be monitored. Forest Experimental Station of Timiryazev Academy is located in the Timiryazevsky District of the Northern Administrative District of Moscow on 232 ha of fenced forest. Amphibians of this territory were not studied before. The purpose of this work: the inventory of Amphibian fauna in the Forest Experimental Station of Timiryazev Academy.
Materials and methods. Records of amphibians on water reservoirs were carried out in the period from April 15 to May 15, 2018. The research in land biotopes were carried out mainly in the evening (from 18:30 to 21:30) from June 15 to July 22, 2018. The width of the itinerary was 4–5 meters.
Results. On territory of the Forest Experimental Station were found three species of Amphibians: the common newt, Lissotriton vulgaris; the moor frog, Rana arvalis; the common frog, R. temporaria. Reproduction was registered only in two fishless ponds. By the number of individuals encountered, the common frog was superior to the moor frog. In the summer, the number of R. temporaria on different itineraries was 12,0–30,0 specimens/km, and R. arvalis – 4,7–17,3 specimens/km.
Conclusions. The authors believe that the most important limiting factors for amphibians in the Forest Experimental Station of Timiryazev Academy are contamination of spawning ponds and introduction of the rotan, Perccottus glenii. 

Key words

Amphibians of Moscow, Timiryazev academy, Forest experimental station, the common smooth newt, Lissotriton vulgaris, the moor frog, Rana arvalis, the common frog, Rana temporaria 

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