Brooding Aneides f. flavipunctatus

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Found this female brooding eggs this morning. I was starting to wonder about my flavs, you can't see through their abdomens and the females didn't look much bigger than normal. I'm a little concerned that most of them are on the floor, from my experience these tend to be eaten, though I won't remove them right away. Note the secretions on and around the female. These are definitely captive bred, I raised my whole group from WC ~1in juvies.
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That's great. Do you try to put your animals through any sort of temp/simulated rain cycle to get them to breed and lay eggs?

Thanks,

Mike
 
I do cycle them as far as temps and lighting, but I don't really try to recreate the winters rains they would normally experience. This is the third species of Aneides that has reproduced for me this season, and I expect a fourth.
 
My curiosity got the best of me and I went and checked her again. She was out of the hide spot so I took a look at the eggs. There was a clump of about eight eggs under the bark where her front left foot is in the pic. I removed them and placed them on perlite and left the rest. We'll see what happens.
 
Russ, do you find that perlite retains moisture very well? Me and a friend are trying perlite and vermiculite for his geckos eggs and are finding that the perlite doesnt work well compared to the vermiculite.
 
Really wish that I can keep a pair of the Sal.

Too bad, cant find any in my country....
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I like perlite for salamander eggs because I can see the moisture level and it doesn't stick to the hatchlings. Keeping the water level just below the surface ensures high humidity.

I use vermiculite for reptile eggs though because you don't have to add water as often. I used vermiculite for years with Coleonyx quite successfully.
 
Looks like those flav's have grown quite a bit since I sent you them. It seems like you are by a long shot one of the most successful ensatina/aneides breeders/keepers in the country.Keep at it.
Travis
 
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