Breeding of the spotted sals?

[dane]

has anyone ever breed spotted salamanders in captivity??

 

[reid]

I never knew anyone who have bred spotted salamanders. But i guess its possilbe if you have them in in a really giant enclosure.

 

[joan]

No one has ever bred them in captivity. The environmental cues haven't been quite figured out. I believe they've been bred in large outdoor enclosures, but that's the fuzzy line between 'wild' and 'captive'.

 

[sergé]

In Belgium, France and in the Netherlands there are people who have bred them. Even in large quantities, they did it in outside enclosures. But controlled; so not that they just sat and wait, but they put males in after hibernation and a bit later females. I think that's why it doesn't work when you keep them indoors. They need space or very large tanks...and cool temperatures.

 

[joseph]

Serge: Has any information been published? Wonder why hibernating the males a little later makes a difference? I don't think that'd happen in the wild would it?(unless one sex naturally just went in and started hibernating first and then you would not have that problem). I'm still wondering if the guy or here who bred tigers is going to share his method...maybe in the next magazine issue...

 

[jennifer]

Henk Wallays has written a little bit about breeding A. maculatum:
http://www.caudata.org/people/Henk/UN/UN07.html
http://www.caudata.org/people/Henk/UN/UN08.html

(Message edited by jennewt on August 27, 2006)

 

[dane]

thanks guys