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For those of you that I haven't told/shown this picture to, I recently was "bestowed" two Paddletail juvies while I was at the pet store (buying a piece of rock for the Eurycea). Long story short - Guy came in with 6-year old, complaining about how he didn't want to put the effort into caring for newts and just wanted something "simple" for his kid. I spent something like 20 minutes trying to give him tips on keeping newts (though I'm not an expert on C.o., which is what they were sold to him a couple days prior as and what I assumed they were.) So he gave them to me. Once I got a good look at them, I thought, "These don't look like C.o. ... they're too big/light and have strange shaped faces." And voila, Pachytriton labiatus!
The smaller one (forefront) is very thin, but the bigger one, (stalking in the background,) is a little better off. They're between 3.5-4 inches approximately right now and so far, there hasn't been any fighting or aggression, but I do plan on separating them soon just to be safe.
The smaller one (forefront) is very thin, but the bigger one, (stalking in the background,) is a little better off. They're between 3.5-4 inches approximately right now and so far, there hasn't been any fighting or aggression, but I do plan on separating them soon just to be safe.