Băncilă, Raluca Ioana http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7595-4621
Plăiaşu, Rodica http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9260-8499
Stănescu, Florina http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6872-664X
Schmidt, Benedikt R. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4023-1001
Nae, Ioana http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4062-2923
Denoël, Mathieu http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3586-8323
Funding for this research was provided by:
Unitatea Executiva pentru Finantarea Invatamantului Superior, a Cercetarii, Dezvoltarii si Inovarii (105BM/2017, PN-II-RU-TE-2014-4-1536, PN-III-P1-1.1-TE-2019-1233, 36355/23.05.2019, PN-III-1.2-PCCDI-2017-0721)
Article History
Received: 10 August 2020
Revised: 28 December 2020
Accepted: 4 January 2021
First Online: 23 January 2021
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
: Because this study was only observational and not experimental with regards of laboratory research on animals, it did not need specific ethical approval. The collection, captive maintenance, and observation procedure of the fire salamander larvae complied with all relevant guidelines, notably the Directive 2010/63/UE of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2010 on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes. Romanian Speleological Heritage Commission issued environmental permit no 78/10.02.2016. Both 8-h and 0-h light experimental conditions used to rear the fire salamander larvae mimicked natural situations, as this species is naturally present in these two situations in the wild as they can be present in caves (Manenti et al. CitationRef removed). No larva died during the experiment.