New A. Macrodactylum

[frogman]

Just got these and I am really looking forward to raising then to beautiful adults. They have already presented me with their appetite of little pigs I have heard great things about this species and will update you on their progress from time to time
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Setup

 

[sde]

Ahh macrodactylum are great! I have two and there pretty easy to keep. My setup is stacked stone and wood layered with moss, I added some bugs and slug eggs that will hatch and be good food. Are they wc? Do you know the gender? How large are they? They look good! Congrats! :grin:

 

[frogman]

Yes, they are wc unfortunately. They are still way too small to sex, only about 1.5".

Evan

 

[sde]

Why unfortunately? I have wc T. Grans that are great in captivity, one is so fat I had to make sure that she wasn't too fat lol.

 

[frogman]

Well, like anyone, I would prefer to have all cb animals. There are captive breeding of this species occurring every so often but I couldn't find any. Luckily they are eating and seem to be healthy.

Evan

 

[frogman]

They are growing up fast

 

[RyanLHawk]

Evan,
I have been trying to find CB A. macrodactylum, A. gracile, and A. laterale for quite some time... Really the only species of Ambystoma that I have had luck finding (aside from the usual A. tigrinum, A. mavortium, and A. mexicanum) CB are/were A. maculatum and A. opacum. Although lately I have been finding a good bit of A. talpoideum that were at least captive hatched - both larvae and newly morphed juveniles. Hopefully more people will take a liking to the lesser-kept Ambystoma species, and we will see far more captive breeding projects in the future!