C.E.Popei

[Greewok]

Having a pretty good run so far with last years eggs. Thought I would post up some pictures to share. I keep some on land, but the majority are full aquatic even after morphing which is a huge bonus to me. The largest ones are almost 2". They all feed on blackworms and the aquatic ones are even taking bloodworms.

Learned a lot raising these, hoping for another batch from the adults again in a couple of months.

Big thanks to Cichlidjedi!

Morphs

Morphs

Mom (waving )

Dads

Thanks,
Matt

 

[otolith]

They look great! Wonderful newts, always nice to see people working with C. e. popei. It seems like they have become few and far between in the last few years. I would love to work with them again. Have you noticed a difference in coloration between the terrestrial and aquatic juveniles? I've heard that the widespread gold/green coloration requires a terrestrial period to develop fully.

 

[BwKilcoyne]

They look great! It's really nice to see people breeding them. While I love axolatls, I have two myself (Anna and Elsa) it's nice to see people breed other species of salamander too. I have two myself, Nerevar and Cynder, and they are fantastic. They are a good size newt and very pretty.

 

[SnotOtter]

They look great! Congrats on your success. Keep up the good work. Always wanted to work with these, nice to see some still out there and being propagated.

 

[Greewok]

Have you noticed a difference in coloration between the terrestrial and aquatic juveniles? I've heard that the widespread gold/green coloration requires a terrestrial period to develop fully.

I remember reading that, but can't really say I have noticed a difference. I have less of them on land than I do aquatic, but I would say the difference in % is the same at this stage.

I have received some PM's about selling some of these. I will definitely have some available in the next month or so.

Thanks,
Matt

 

[joshfrogz72]

do you have any for sale

 

[Niels D]

The amount of green doesn't have anything to do with a terrestrial fase. It depends on wich strain your animals belong to. Animals coming from South Okinawa tend to have a lot more green than the ones coming from North Okinawa. These look a lot like mine and they're from the South.

Edit: You still see a descent amount of them in Europe luckily, especially The Netherlands, Belgium, France and Germany.