C. pyrrhogaster in the wild (Part VII)

[TJ]

This is one of 3 male C. pyrrhogaster found today under submerged leaves in a gully in far western Tokyo.

(Message edited by TJ on March 22, 2006)

 

[TJ]

Didn't get any nice belly shots so this one will have to do:

Notice the swollen cloaca.

(Message edited by TJ on March 21, 2006)

 

[TJ]

Notice the distinctive tail (short, paddle-like, with filament) that identifies these as "Kanto race" C. pyrrhogaster.

 

[TJ]

 

[ian]

They are beautiful, especially for the first one.

Thanks

 

[TJ]

My pleasure. But I had a cold at the time and hadn't had much sleep, so I didn't put much effort into photo taking

 

[ian]

Are they all males? those three on the photos?

 

[TJ]

yep, all three are male as one can discern by the tail shape, the filament, the swollen cloaca, the papillae seen in the 2nd pic, and the nuptial coloration (which is not as vivid with Kanto as it gets with some other C. pyrrhogaster "races").