TJ
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I hadn't figured they'd lay eggs on land when given the alternative of laying them on plants or plastic strips in the water. But in the last few days, my C.e.p have laid three eggs in terrestrial moss and one on a part of a piece of bogwood that juts out of the water.
I heard from a herpetologist that they do this in the wild, and that eggs can be found in plants and moss on the edge of water bodies. He surmised they may do this especially when the density of newts in breeding ponds is high, to prevent the eggs being eaten. But as those who have kept them in captivity for any length of time know, they show no compunction about eating their own eggs when given half a chance!
(Jennewt recently brought to my attention that Paris had posted before on thus same subject before)
I heard from a herpetologist that they do this in the wild, and that eggs can be found in plants and moss on the edge of water bodies. He surmised they may do this especially when the density of newts in breeding ponds is high, to prevent the eggs being eaten. But as those who have kept them in captivity for any length of time know, they show no compunction about eating their own eggs when given half a chance!
(Jennewt recently brought to my attention that Paris had posted before on thus same subject before)
