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[erik]

A dream come true for me:

 

[paris]

...sigh........(*dreamy look in eyes.......)

(Message edited by paris on June 05, 2006)

 

[nate]

Pretty darn cool, Erik. Wish I had space for animals like that...sort of a hellbender-like niche.

They sure have a Desmognathus marmoratus look in their eyes.

 

[wouter]

Wow... A bit of a Pachyhynobius head and toes...

 

[william]

wow! how did you find these!

 

[erik]

William-It was hard work-lots of begging and lots of money.


Nate-yes the eyes really remind me of marmoratus.

Totally amazing animals.

 

[francesco]

Excuse the ignorance but what species is it?

 

[TJ]

Liua shihi, the Wushan Salamander.

I once posted some pics of and name & location data about this species, at:

http://www.caudata.org/forum/messages/13/3190.html

Erik, you sound like one happy man there

Congrats!

 

[kamil]

Hello,

this species is available in Germany for sale. They are sold as Ranodon shihi... Just found them on a page of a trader.

Best Greetings,

Kamil

 

[ingo]

Hello Kamil,

you ever tried to get some animals from this trader.
I´m sure not.
That trader you mean is not serious.

Greetings Ingo V.

 

[kamil]

Hello Ingo,

well - I know him personally as he is about 1h driving away from here. I've been there a few times - so I'd really be glad if you'd first ask and then publish such hard words. You know the video with the wise penguin? ("Wenn man keine Ahnung hat...")

 

[ingo]

Hi Kamil,

that is mystical, that no wholesaler have Liua shihi on the stocklist, but this trader you mean offer that species.

But you be right, I have to ask you first;-))))

Greetings Ingo V.

 

[kamil]

It's not - if the trader is his own importeur. And how things go, he is. So I can only remind you of that penguin...

 

[ingo]

Hi,

a trader who play hide and seek with his address and name cannot be serious.

But I`m sure, you know it better.
And for to clear any misunderstanding I mean this trader:

I edited out the link as this sort of commentary should not be posted here.
Ed

Greetings Ingo V.

(Message edited by Ed on June 19, 2006)

 

[kamil]

Hello Ingo,

I don't mean the reseller but the real trader who has the animals in his stocks and imports them. is just a reseller and seemed a little bit strange to me, too. A phone-call cleared all that quickly. By the way: I will meet the real trader on Sunday on the fairy here in Bayreuth. I hope with this statement is everything clear.

I edited out any references to a company as this information doesn't belong in this thread.

Ed

(Message edited by Ed on June 19, 2006)

 

[ingo]

Hi,

o.k. I see it was a misunderstanding.

But I´m interested in which wholesaler you mean.

Greetings Ingo v.

 

[kamil]

Hello,

today I got Liua also! They had only one animal - but I took it anyway. I have taken a little clip also. You can find it here: http://www.amphibien-net.de/index.php?d=videos.htm

In the last scene I show a injury of one toe. But the toes seem to be the only thing that is injured.

Best Greetings,

Kamik

 

[christian]

Very cool animal, how do you keep this one? please post pictures of your setup.

 

[terry]

Liua shihi! *Gasp* How on earth is this possible?

(where are they all coming from?)