RATL: A Database of Reptile and Amphibian Toxicology Literature

Contaminant a Species
Code b
Lifestage Contaminant Exposure
Concentration
Route
e
f
Table 3 - Acute Laboratory Data - 11
Temp
h
LC24 e
LC48 e
LC96 e
Other Mortality/Effects Data de
Reference k
Cd RACL tadpoles IMMER ~52 Cd residues accumulated
preferentially in the liver with a BCF
of 3.41 after 25 d of exposure to 1
mg/L.
Richard 1993
Cd RAES adult 2.8 g i.p; INJECT I.p. injection 2.8 g/kg body wt (close Biczycki and Czechowicz 1992
0.025 g in
solution
to LD50).
Cd RALU tadpoles 10,20,50 IMMER 22.49 16.59 15.81 Lefcort et al. 1998
Cd RAPI tadpoles 0.1- 0.8 mg/L INJECT 3.7 Zettergren et al. 1991a
Cd XELA adult IMMER logLC50=
2.32 µmol/L
Vaal et al. 1997
Cd XELA larvae (3-4
wk post
hatch)
IMMER 20 32 mg/L
Slooff and Baerselman 1980 k
Cd XELA tadpole (3-4
wk)
IMMER 20 4 3.2
Canton and Slooff 1982a k
Cd, Zn BUAR embryo 0.05 mg/L Zn; IMMER LC100=1 and less with Zn. Herkovits and Pérez-Coll
0.025 mg/L
Cd
1995
Cd, Zn RALU tadpoles 1,2.5,5,10 IMMER 5.6/5.9 4.53/4.72 4.44/4.52 LC values for Cd/Zn respectively. Lefcort et al. 1998
CdCl2 XELA embryo IMMER 20±2 TI50: 1.0 (swimming), 1.1
(pigmentation), 1.3 (malformation).
EC50: 1.3 (swimming), 1.2
pigmentation.
Sabourin et al. 1985
chemical XELA embryo 0.1, 1, 10, 50 IMMER 20.5 6 d LC50= 65.2%, LC1= 0.14%. Birge et al. 1985
manufacture plant
and 100%
effluent
chlordimeform RALI adult IMMER 39.64 Pan and Liang 1993
chlordimeform RANI adult 10 -3 - 10 -4 M TISPREP I.p injection of 300 mg/kg of 20 g
adults produced 80% mortality
within 24 h.
Watanabe et al. 1976 k
chlorobenzene RAPI embryolarvae
IMMER 1.20 mg/L Birge and Cassidy 1983
chloroform BUFO embryo 0.0075-40.0 IMMER LC50 at 0 d post-hatch> 40 mg/L; Birge et al. 1980
mg/L
99 % hatchability at 0.0075 mg/L
and 76 % hatch at 40.0 mg/L.