C. pyrrhogaster longevity?

[rachel]

I have just developed a Japanese firebelly newt. After carefully reading the articles about both, and the article on telling the difference, I've determined he is a C. pyrrhogaster since he has a tapering tail that ends in a point. Sid was originally bought, along with a few others, as company for another firebelly. Sid ate all the others. He's so cute.

Sid had been with a his previous family for 5 years. I'm wondering how long these little guys live? }

 

[TJ]

Hi Rachel.

If you look just a couple of threads down under "Monster-sized C. pyrrhogaster", there's some discussion of longevity right there, and you'll surely be glad to hear that they can live more than 20 years

 

[rachel]

Great, thanks! It looks like little Sid will be with me for another decade or more. He's such a delightful little guy, I'm looking forward to having him around into my 30's.