Kietsu
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I need help figuring out what species my 2 salamanders are. I am pretty sure they are WB unfortunatly. I got them from a friend who got them from a family when he bought an aquarium from them. He didn't have tha interest enough to find out what species they where and the family claimed that they where tiger salamanders (yeah right!).
When my friend realised I where more interested in them than he was, he decided that I should hav them instead. And ever since then I've had BIG troubble trying to figure out what the heck they are.
With a lot of help from my friend Grius, he figured out they where C.e ensicauda. I happily saw the likeness from caudata culture and went along with it until I wanted to figure out what sex they where and looked even closer.
That's when I realised that they where a bit different. One of them has smooth skin and the other one is coarse. I read over and over again on caudata culture and looked at the pictures but it doesn't say that it should be that big of a difference in skin from male and female. They said that C.e.ensicauda and C pyrrho look very alike exept from the skin but I'm still not sure.
I'm pretty new in it all but is eager to learn more about everything I can so I can make the best for them. I really hope at least one of ou caudatas out there can help me!
P.S I'm sorry for the wall of text and for the big pictures.
The two of them, the coarse one to the right.
The coarse one
The coarse one in a little better pic.
The coarse wone again, newly out of the water
The smooth one's skin
The smooth one, newly out of water
When my friend realised I where more interested in them than he was, he decided that I should hav them instead. And ever since then I've had BIG troubble trying to figure out what the heck they are.
With a lot of help from my friend Grius, he figured out they where C.e ensicauda. I happily saw the likeness from caudata culture and went along with it until I wanted to figure out what sex they where and looked even closer.
That's when I realised that they where a bit different. One of them has smooth skin and the other one is coarse. I read over and over again on caudata culture and looked at the pictures but it doesn't say that it should be that big of a difference in skin from male and female. They said that C.e.ensicauda and C pyrrho look very alike exept from the skin but I'm still not sure.
I'm pretty new in it all but is eager to learn more about everything I can so I can make the best for them. I really hope at least one of ou caudatas out there can help me!
P.S I'm sorry for the wall of text and for the big pictures.
The two of them, the coarse one to the right.
The coarse one
The coarse one in a little better pic.
The coarse wone again, newly out of the water
The smooth one's skin
The smooth one, newly out of water
