H.dunni arrived today :D

Azhael · Nov 8, 2010

I am now the proud keeper and humble worshiper of a group of 5 Hynobius dunni.
I´ve been fascinated by hynobiids and their reproductive strategy since i first heard of it, and i´m just thrilled i might get to witness it in the future.
They are much more plethodontid-like than i expected!
I tried to take a couple of pictures but it was a nightmare, the little buggers are quick and VERY shy. Anyway, i hardly managed to get a couple of shots when i turned off the light and they started to explore a bit, but still, the pictures are really bad....sorry. I hope to be able to get some decent ones soon.

Thanx Joost for the animals and for the great service, it´s been a pleassure dealing with you.
I´m off now to watch them a little bit more

froggy · Nov 8, 2010

Lovely animals! I hope they do well for you and you get some of those wonderful egg sacks.

Azhael · Nov 8, 2010

Cheers, Chris

And thanx for all the help setting the tank and for the tips!

Viv · Nov 8, 2010

Could you post pictures of the whole tank please. Those are beautifull newts by the way.
Thanks
Alex

Joost · Nov 8, 2010

It's great to see when I can place my animals to dedicated persons, like you Azhael.

Very much luck and breeding succes with them in future.

Here some clearer pics of them, for those who are interested

Joost

tony · Nov 9, 2010

I have a group here they are great to look after the males where marking there sticks but no breeding as yet maybe next year.How old are yours?

Azhael · Nov 9, 2010

Thanx for adding some clear photos xD They are skittish as hell...

They are CB09, Tony.

I´ve been able to tweezer feed one of them. There are isopods and springtails around for them to hunt anyway. Hopefully, as they become more accostumed to their new home and they shake off the stress of the journey, i´ll get to see more of them. I already love the buggers!!

froggy · Nov 9, 2010

I'm glad they are settling in. Tony - I'm not sure if you have a female in the group I gave you or not...there was one animal that might be, but I wasn't sure. Hopefully you will find out March time! Males tend to have Y-shaped cloacal openings (with the fork of the Y at the end closest to the head) while females have simple straight lines. These differences are there for more of the year than the breeding characteristics.

C

tony · Nov 9, 2010

Will have a look at them.

froggy · Nov 10, 2010

If you can hold them still!

Azhael · Nov 10, 2010

Pfff...i can barely see mine...trying to check their cloacas will have to wait xDDD

froggy · Nov 10, 2010

Your best option is to catch them and put the in something with a transparent bottom that you can look through. You will probably have to wait until you clean them out! Hopefully you have a mixed group. Will you fridge them for the winter?
Henk Wallays' information here:
http://www.webpak.net/~cynorita/28large.pdf
on page 12 about raising Hynobius might be of use to you.

C

Azhael · Nov 10, 2010

I´ll wait to check their sex, there´s no rush. I feel like i´ll give them a heartattack if i lift the bark, if i tried to catch them they´d explode.
I don´t think i´ll fridge them this winter. They are about 8cm ( i´m guessing here) so i´ll just give them a nice drop of temperatures to about 14-15ºC.

Cheers for the articles, Chris, you know i apreciate your help.

Azhael · Nov 10, 2010

A better picture and a shot of the whole set-up.

Joost · Nov 10, 2010

Very nice setup. They will do fine in there.

(It's very strange to see my former animals knowing they're in Spain now

)

Azhael · Mar 10, 2011

I thought i´d make a little update since i managed to take some almost-decent pictures of these guys.
They are doing great, they have HUGE appetites and go berserk on each other if i leave them two days without food. Thank the gods they can regenerate pieces of tail like it wasn´t any trouble at all.
Some are already 10 cm or so, which supossedly is about the size they become mature, so they are doing very nicely.
I just bloody love them, i do. When there´s food around they are very bold and eat right from the tweezers, but otherwise you barely see a head poking out among the shadows if you move a bit (they are very curious).

freves · Mar 10, 2011

Beautiful animals and setup Azhael. I am sure they will receive meticulous care.
Chip

slowfoot · Mar 11, 2011

They look extremely robust and healthy - you're obviously doing something right

eljorgo · Mar 11, 2011

No he is not. He is doing something wrong

He is putting me envious of his salamanders!!! hahaha. Great work Rodrigo, I wish I had your luck and owned some of those!

Please breed em!
Cheers,
Jorge

Azhael · Mar 11, 2011

Cheers everyone!
Erin, they are indeed robust, although i prefer the term FAT AS HELL. In the pictures they had already had time to digest their last meal, they are usually chunkier, they have such appetites! I´d consider feeding them a little less but then they´d try to eat each other....

Jorge, yes, breeding them is definitely the plan xD.

H.dunni arrived today :D

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