<i>Hynobius quelpartensis</i> juvenile

[henk]

Here is a shot on a juvenile H. quelpartensis (origin from Cheju Islands). At first these animals are quite dark and get their normal /adult coloration as they age.
This little vacuum cleaner has just eaten a fly maggot ...

 

[TJ]

Wow, it looks just like some of the Japanese hynobiid juvies such as tokyoensis

Cheju Island is not all that far from Tsushima, so I wonder if the adults look anything like H.tsuensis adults?

 

[henk]

Well I'll see if I can dig up a shot or even better have a look at this : they are all of the same genetic group

http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/img_query?where-namesoup=Hynobius+leechi+&rel-namesoup=like&where-lifeform=Amphibian&where-photographer=Henk+Wallays+%28354%29&rel-location=like&where-location=&where-continent=none&where-country=none&where-state=none&where-county=none&rel-kwid=equals&where-kwid=