Favorite Species

[ryan]

hmmmm? I wonder why no one else likes necturus or sirens?

 

[cameron]

I like Sirens.

 

[ryan]

Oh yeah I guess I missed that one.

 

[michael]

I'd have to agree with Jennifer. Today my favorite are Cynops pyrrhogaster kanto. My next to favorite are Ambystoma mexicanum. I wasn't that keen on the Cynops when I got them. They grew and they grew on me.

 

[john]

This has actually been a pretty cool thread I guess! I forgot Pl. Caddoensis as one of my favs. If this thread keeps going, I'm sure I'll remember more and more, lol.

 

[laura]

Pseudotriton ruber
Ambystoma maculatum
Ambystoma opacum
Eurycea longicauda
Aneides aeneus

and any species i find hiding under rocks and logs when i'm out looking around because they're all very cool and beautiful when you come across them in their natural habitat.

 

[brian]

Aneides aeneus
Plethodon yonahlossee
Tylototriton sps
P. laoensis
Dicamptodon sps

(Message edited by caudataman on March 11, 2007)

 

[michael]

Eurycea lucifuga
Tylototriton shanjing
Paramesotriton hongkongensis
Cynops ensicauda popei

 

[jesse]

My personal favourite is easily Ambystoma Laterale
I also like:
Taricha Granulosa
Ambystoma Mexicanum (albino)
Ambystoma Opacum
Ambystoma Tigrinum
Plethodon cinereus
Pseudotriton Ruber Ruber
I also think fire salamanders, emperor newts and some species of paddletails look cool.

 

[jameswei]

Salamandra Salamandra
Ambystoma Tigriumun
Cynops Pyrogahster

 

[alex]

hmmm, i have no idea!!!!!
id say my absolute favourites are:
salamandra galaica
salamandra salamandra
ambystoma maculatum
ambystoma mexicanum
bolitoglossa sp.
cryptobranchus alleganeisis
necturus maculosus
and of course triturus marmoratus

 

[ryan]

Hey someone else likes Necturus cool!!

 

[annmarie]

I would have to say, that they all are my favourite. How can i just single out one or a few? Too hard.

I am very fond of Caecilians, also.

 

[jody]

cynops pyrrhogaster
paramestriton laoensis

one day i will house laoensis .... oh yes they will be mine =)

 

[geganewt]

I'd have to say, hmmm.........all of them (but especially Eurycea bislineata and Notophthalmus viridescens)

 

[Alejandro]

favorites

C. p. Kanto, C.e. popei, Ambystome mexicanum, A. mavortium, T. kwenchowensis, T. verrucosus, Echinotriton, P. chinensis, P. caudopunctatus, Triturus marmoratus, M. a. apuanus, T. dobrogicus, S. s. gallaica, Hynobius dunni, C. cyanurus, C. cheggogensis, T. karelinii, Pseudobranchus sp., I love all of them!

 

[lilsoul]

N.v.viridescens,necturus punctatus,pseudobranchus axanthus,lissotriton montandoni,ommatotriton ophryticus,taricha granulosa,t.dobrogicus and t.cristatus

 

[lamas]

Triturus pygmaeus/marmoratus, mesotriton alpestris and notophthalmus viridescens

 

[lims]

Well, my favourite at the minute is paramesotriton hongkongensis, partly because of their behaviour,,, they seem to have a relationship. Sometimes they nuzzle each other and seem to be interacting, other times one chaces the other and might take a snap at the leg, but usually the other one knows whats going to happen and escapes in the nick of time. Also they use the tank fully and enjoy the foilage. I also like their eyes.

Cynops orientalis,, because they are just cute and I like how they hook onto plants with their tail.

Triturus carnifex because it is lord of the pond, and a protected species in England, our claim to fame. People are always suprised to hear that these creatures live locally. One day, when I have a garden I am will attempt to establish a breeding collony of them (legally of course).

Lisotriton Vulgaris bring with them the most nostalgia, as I have always been into them even before I treated it like a proper hobby or knew about other newts, and they are quite impressive still.

I want to look more into the following:
cynops ensicauda,
paramesotriton laoensis
Triturus marmoratus

I also find paddletails to be unique and worth looking into. Aggressive and territorial I hear..

 

[andrew]

All forms of Chinese caudata...especially Tylototriton

Also, T.carnifex is not a native species in England....carnifex is the Italian crested newt. The British species is T.cristatus