RATL: A Database of Reptile and Amphibian Toxicology Literature

Contaminant a Species
Code b
Lifestage c
Location
Collectio
n Date
Other Residues d
Table 1- Field Residues - 8
Egg e Whole
Body e
Viscera e
Fat e
Muscle e
Cd CACA egg GA, USA < 1974 Mean=
0.17
(yolk);
0.56 (alb)
ppm
Cd CACA egg Japan 1990-91 Mean=
14.7,
Range=
13.2-16.5
Cd CACA egg FL, USA 1977 0.2- 0.19
µg/g
Cd CHMY adult Japan 1990-91 Mean=
9.3,
Range=
0.39-26.0
Cd CHMY juvenile HI, USA < 1994 Range=
0.39-26.0
Cd CHSE adult NJ, USA 1981-82 0.06-0.10
for all
sites
Cd CHSE adult MN, USA 1981 Red Meat:
0.002-
0.025
Mean=
0.01
mg/kg
Cd CHSE adult MN, USA 1981 Range=
0.002-
0.025
mg/kg
Cd CRAC egg FL, USA 1980 shell=
1.36 µg/g;
yolk/alb=
0.13 µg/g
Liver e
Kidney e Reference k
Mean=
26,
Range=
4.72-70.2
Hillestad et al. 1974
Sakai et al. 1995
Stoneburner et al.
1980
Sakai et al. 1995
Aguirre et al. 1994
0.07 (M), Albers et al. 1986
0.07 (F)
from
Control,
0.24 (M),
0.3 (F)
from
brackish
water,
0.09 (M)
from fresh
water
Helwig and Hora
1983
Minnesota Pollution
Control Agency
1982
Stoneburner 1984