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 - 18
Egg e Whole
Body e
Viscera e
Fat e
Muscle e
Liver e
Kidney e Reference k
Cu ACJA adult Papua New 1980-81 0.13 Yoshinaga et al.
Guinea
1992
Cu AGSS adult Greece < 1997 carcass; ppm dw 27.1-27.4 140-209 Loumbourdis 1997
Cu ALMI adult FL, USA 1985 tail muscle 0.28-6.03
(tail)
Delany et al. 1988
Cu ALMI egg FL, USA 1984-85 1984: L.
Okeechobee
0.32,
L.
Griffin=
0.78, L.
Apopka=
0.52.
Heinz et al. 1991
Cu BOBO adult Hungary < 1997 kidney>liver~= stomach>
Puky and Oertel
muscle>skin> ovary (F)
1997
Cu BUAM adult PA, USA 1979 Range=
5.6-7.6
mg/kg dw
Beyer et al. 1985 k
Cu BUJU adult Malaysia 1990 Range of site means; µg/g dw 45.6-
Lee and Stuebing
437.6
1990
Cu BUMA adult unknown < 1956 10- 1640
ppm dw
Beck 1956 k
Cu BUMA adult Dominican < 1970 liver 367-2091
Goldfischer et al.
Republic
ppm dw
1970 k
Cu BUW
O
adult PA, USA 1979 Range=
6.0-7.9
mg/kg dw
Beyer et al. 1985 k
Cu BUXX adult MD, USA < 1984 2.1- 5.0 Hall and Mulhern
1984 k
Cu CACA adult Japan 1990-91 Mean= Mean= Mean= Sakai et al. 1995
0.83, 17.9, 1.30,
Range= Range= Range=
0.531- 6.47-33.9 0.988-
1.28
1.56
Cu CACA egg GA, USA < 1974 Mean=
2.08 ppm
in yolk,
Mean=
6.0 ppm
in alb
Hillestad et al. 1974