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Rehydration of mummified salamander tissues using fabric conditioner
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Dead amphibians are prone to rapid desiccation and mummification, which may hamper opportunistic specimen collection of rarely encountered species, for example from roadkill or escaped captive animals. Many identification characters require observation of normal tissues and mummified remains may, therefore, be difficult to identify based on morphology. A protocol for rehydrating mummified human tissues, restoring them to the point where fingerprints can be successfully obtained, using an isotonic salt solution combined with Comfort fabric softener, has been developed for human tissues (Turner & Holtom, 1981). I trialled this easily recreated approach to a desiccated amphibian specimen, to trial the extension of this method to amphibians.
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