Crested newt eggs...again!

[TJ]

This would be the second batch this year and comes just as the males are cresting. Well, true be told, I'm just assuming these are Triturus eggs because they share a large tank with some Cynops pyrrhogaster of various races.

They're much greener than I seem to recall:

Here is another egg in the same tank, which I'm assuming is that of a C.p due to its dark color:

Would anybody disagree with this assumption? It's not only the new eggs that are green but also the larvae inside more developed eggs. Here are a couple pics of some more eggs found today that are at different stages of development:

Pics from the last time they laid eggs are at:

http://www.caudata.org/forum/messages/13/2336.html?1044814252

I regret to say I failed to successfully raise the larvae at that time. Also, I didn't have a decent camera then, so it's a bit hard to see the eggs to compare them with the latest batch.

 

[TJ]

Here's a pic of one of my two males:

 

[yago]

Hi Tim
I consider that your t.cristatus are t.karelinii. And I would say that are Ukrainian t.karelinii for their characteristic colorations and structure.
Well, it is nice to discover new specie in your aquariums, isn’t it?
Best wishes

 

[jennifer]

Based on the color, yes, I'd say the white/greenish ones are Triturus.

 

[ralf]

I agree with Jen.

Ralf

 

[elisabeth]

I would say in my scientific opinion, that those green eggs and larvae are due to radioactivity. If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times... stop taking your baby newts/sals on field trips to the nuclear power plant!

 

[elisabeth]

And just so everyone knows, I'm kidding guys. Don't write me posts saying that I'm an idiot.